Has the world changed really?

People often talk about change and the speed of change. However, I am convinced that for "all that change, the world stays the same".

Why? Because the basic core values will stay the same....the needs of society stay the same...the needs of individuals stay the same. 

To make technology changes work for us, we need to understand that how people live and how people interact may change but the purpose and needs stay the same.

The trick is retaining the past....the values, and embracing the future....the change in technology.

Evolution only touches the how.....not the why.

Think about when humans learned to walk.....the how was new, the reason i.e survival is as relevant today as it was then.

Comments

[Nathaniel]

It's interesting to look at the reasons why people are hesitant to accept change, especially when it comes to new technologies. Great line "The trick is retaining the past....the values, and embracing the future....the change in technology."

Here's a quote that I think does a great job at summing up how we should view technological change:

“… the realm of the technical, as thus defined, is not to be considered as evil in itself; if we think of it in itself … a technique is rather something good, since it amounts to nothing more than a specific instance of our general application of our gift of reason to reality.” --Gabriel Marcel

[Anna Farmery]

I would also add that change is often negative because it is too late, too brutal...think banking crisis! I was always taught if you evolve constantly there is no need for change...change is for non forward thinking leaders!