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In reply to the discussion: The illusion that one person is our problem. [View all]erronis
(15,776 posts)non-violently?
I do think that our little prototype/demo/one-off project that started back in the 18th century has probably lived beyond even its original designers wildest dreams and expectations.
I don't think that the original designers knew how to predict what might need to be changed 100 or 200+ years into the future. They were realists and knew that the world would continue to evolve and new solutions would be needed.
Not being a great reader of history, I just wonder if any of those men (unfortunately) wrote thoughts about how to move to a new model over time. Poor analogy, but sort of like writing this post on punched cards for a mainframe vs. penning them into this world-wide network. The technology is disruptive and companies survived or failed, but the communications stayed similar. (I need to stop - analogies are not a forte.)