The future of technology is unlimited because technology breeds technology. As people invent more and more complex, powerful, and versatile forms of technology, the horizons of the possible are expanded. Before the invention of the telegraph which prompted the invention of the telephone, no one could have imagined the cellphone. However, as technology advanced, other forms of technology became possible- and that was only one very simple example. Think about the effects of electricity or satellites. Or the wheel.
This impacts me because I need to 1. stay at least somewhat current with the new forms of technology and 2. realize that some forms of technology will be around for a while and some are just a fad. The implications of the second influence the first because I am not going to expend tons of energy trying to stay on top of every new thing when it will fad out of existence shortly anyway. So, I pick and choose and try to discern where ones are worth getting trained in and which are not.
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