Michael Barbella, Managing Editor03.07.19
Not every new technology is recognized or celebrated for its revolutionary potential.
Granted, not every innovation is the eyebrow-raising, history-making, life-changing kind of breakthrough destined to change the course of humanity, but those that have initially were unappreciated, underestimated, and feared at their debut.
Consider the fine art of writing, which arguably was the most important invention for the development of civilization. It was panned at first by Socrates, who reportedly feared it would induce forgetfulness into its practitioners. “...they will not practice using their memory because they will put their trust in writing, which is external and depends on signs that belong to others, instead of trying to remember from the inside, completely on their own,” the classical Greek philosopher contemplated in the myth of Thamus and Theuth (or Thoth, the Egyptian god of writing). ”Your invention will enable them to hear many things without being properly taught, and they will imagine that they have come to know much while for the most part they will know nothing.”
A rather harsh ass
Granted, not every innovation is the eyebrow-raising, history-making, life-changing kind of breakthrough destined to change the course of humanity, but those that have initially were unappreciated, underestimated, and feared at their debut.
Consider the fine art of writing, which arguably was the most important invention for the development of civilization. It was panned at first by Socrates, who reportedly feared it would induce forgetfulness into its practitioners. “...they will not practice using their memory because they will put their trust in writing, which is external and depends on signs that belong to others, instead of trying to remember from the inside, completely on their own,” the classical Greek philosopher contemplated in the myth of Thamus and Theuth (or Thoth, the Egyptian god of writing). ”Your invention will enable them to hear many things without being properly taught, and they will imagine that they have come to know much while for the most part they will know nothing.”
A rather harsh ass
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