Talk:1215: Insight

Explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb.
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Indeed, somebody speaking circa 1895 could have made the same remark but instead of Google Glass the subject could have been something then new such as the Horseless Carriage, a technology now known as the Automobile in which I will soon drive to work. 24.91.233.200 09:28, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

The same could be said for electrification (utility-provided mains, especially when extended to rural areas), steam locomotives, and industrialization as a whole. --BigMal27 // 192.136.15.177 11:24, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Let's make a list! --DanB (talk) 13:25, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

  • Maybe before we rush to adopt <TV> we should stop to consider the consequences of blithely giving this technology such a central position in our lives. (1954)
  • Maybe before we rush to adopt <Automobiles> we should stop to consider the consequences of blithely giving this technology such a central position in our lives. (1914)
  • Maybe before we rush to adopt <The Internet> we should stop to consider the consequences of blithely giving this technology such a central position in our lives. (1986)
  • Maybe before we rush to adopt <Electrification> we should stop to consider the consequences of blithely giving this technology such a central position in our lives. (1880's)
  • Maybe before we rush to adopt <growing food> we should stop to consider the consequences of blithely giving this technology such a central position in our lives. (10,000 BCE)