I just watched the Steve Jobs movie starring the guy who replaced Charlie Sheen on Two and a Half Men. Well I watched about 20 minutes of it - the performances were wooden (at best).
However there were a couple of things that did interest me.
However there were a couple of things that did interest me.
- The scene where Wozniak tries to talk up his first computer - a bunch of circuit boards - with a TV tube
- The second where their first investor - invests out of gut - but has no idea - of the implications of the technology.
What interested me - was just how raw the innovation was - there was a sense of potential - but no actual idea - of how this potential would manifest.
In a way - it was a type of disruptive innovation we have not seen for a long time (relative) in the Tech Space.
In the 2010's... people bandy around the word - disruption - all the time - but in some ways things are processing so painfully - and logically.
- Take "Big Data" - the internet revolution - means that all sorts of devices are leaving digital trails - big data is about analyzing that shit
- "Quantified Self" and biometrics- connecting human physiology up to the net...
- Google Glass - take the net - and turn it into a HUD
Nothing about any of these - is intellectually challenging - they are all obvious extensions of existing technology - it is the "Internet Revolution". The industrial revolution - began in England about 1700 - and lasted to about 1900.
The internet age - 1990 - current - perhaps it has another 100 years to run!
It makes you wonder - what the next revolution could be and what its enablers will be.
- Fission Energy (free energy from sea water - like in the SciFi movie Oblivion)
- Human controlled Genetic Modification - we live 10 times as long and are 10 times as smart
However - wouldn't it be amazing - to be in the vicinity of the next 'age'!.
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