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Originally Posted by karunaji
In my opinion, downplaying of technology advancement was unjustified....
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Not really. Those of us who have been alive and aware of technology for some time have seen a lot of "inevitable" technology fall by the wayside. CD-ROMs, HD-DVD, video-on-demand, Minidisc, .NET, the Apple Cube, Linux on the Desktop, the Paperless Office....
It's a mistake to look only at the winners and on that basis proclaim that technological progress, let alone a specific item, is an "inevitable" winner.
Plus, he's looking at a larger context. In many cases, it's not the technology itself that is driving social changes; in many cases, it's social changes that make a technology possible to flourish.