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Old 05-September-2006, 08:51 PM
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I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:

1. Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.

2. Anything that's invented between when you're fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.

3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.
I saw that quote a while ago, and I say -- Pfuy on you! I am 40, and still think latest inventions are cool!
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