We live in a cult of the upgrade right now. There's always something around the corner that will make whatever you think is cool right now feel obsolete.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We think a modern cloud lets you decide when you want to upgrade. We don't decide for you.
There will always be a replacement coming along very soon - a newer version, a crazier version, a louder version. So if you haven't got a long-term plan, then you are merely a passing phase, the latest trend, yesterday's event.
Mankind: A quality of life upgrade is available to each and every one of you. It should give you a quality of life upgrade, which means no drugs, no alcohol, no fast food - unless, of course, it's a mallard.
I'm incredibly nostalgic for the '80s, because I think that's when Geek Culture really kicked in to high gear.
I don't think you'll ever have a perfect world because we humans are prone to error, and so we're always in search of an upgrade.
Create something, sell it, make it better, sell it some more and then create something that obsoletes what you used to make.
Even though I'm totally dependent on modern electronic gizmos, from my laptop to my iPod to my cell phone, I love to embrace old technology or no technology at all.
Really, each era has its own false nostalgia. We all put a picket fence up around something. For my generation it was the '50s, and for other generations it will be something else. Change is scary for everyone, as is complexity, contradiction, and an uncertain future.
All of the good stuff is going to be done in the future. The stuff we are doing now is crummy compared with what will finally mature.
Gadgets are usually the last thing I think about, and if there's something new, I'll get to the store for the final shipment of the first generation when it's on sale. So I have last year's stuff.