I recently stumbled across a blog written by a 93-year-old man. The blog itself is interesting, but this post:
http://dontoearth.blogspot.com/2007/02/my-grandfather-and-others.html
in particular hit me in an unexpected way. Specifically, here’s a guy who remembers *first hand* using a horse and buggy to get around, and now he’s writing on a blog. Technology has evolved that far in the span of a single lifetime
That’s humbling.
It’s humbling because it gives me some perspective on the technology I create today. How long will its life be? How big will its impact be? Chances are, not as long or as big as I think–more likely it will be obsolete in a few years and completely forgotten in ten.
