Regardless of who (or what), invented this technology, I think we can all agree on the fact there's been huge change over the last few decades..
. I can still remember black and white TV sets, electronic pong games that were considered state-of-the-art at the time, and going to the movies to see Star Wars.
. I remember having to physically go to a library to do research on engineering projects, and retaining what you'd learned because you knew you were going to be tested on it. Now you just type something into a search engine and await the results.
. I remember playing with non-electronic toys at Christmas..things you had to put together, figure out rather than find the slot to put the batteries. Simple and thoughtful toys.
. I remember when the family used to cram into my Nan's house at Christmas, coming from afar to share in the joy of just being together. There was no email, no mobile services..and nobody left out at the dinner table.
. I remember when distance was earned by the amount of miles you travelled, rather than the amount of pixels between your computer's icon and the one you're talking to. In the UK the only thing we knew about others was from the TV; cheap air-travel simply wasn't available, and this was before the advent of the Internet. We even had to wait for the lag on the land line before we could get a response from loved one's overseas. Nowadays you just expect clear, quick access and think nothing of it. If you wanted to watch live TV from the States you had to go to a place called Blackpool, in Lancashire, where they had a dish on top of the Blackpool Tower that as capable of receiving signals. There were crowds..crowds of people huddled around the screens, all clambering to get the best position. What were we watching? Live Mississippi mud racing lol.
These are just random memories, I don't know if they bore you or fascinate you. I was born not that long ago but I've seen so much change in that time, and it hasn't always been easy adapting to it. The technology is I feel a blessing in some respects, a curse in others.