The challenges that await us everyday become less and less demanding with each invention of something new. Something fresh is always on the edge of technology and with it a task that before was hard becomes easier. This has been common for a long time, possibly since fire, possibly since humans spoke in rhyme. To really observe a single aspect of our technological life, brings within focus the journey it took in being made a thing, both the ideas generated in the past and the advancement upon advancement that needed to be made. Life has a tree of evolution, technology has the path of invention, with each new node building on the previous and leading into what seemed impossible, only a short time ago.
Without technology, our world would be dark
The standard smartphone seems simple when operated, it is easy to learn its operations, and still has all the features of a standard phone. It relies on so many underpinning technologies that broken down would take a book, possibly an app to describe. The glass, in its most current form, uses not just simple sand melted down but has consistent electrical properties for touch sensitivity and at the same time a special scratch resistant coating that is at the forefront of Materials Engineering. Something like an Android phone may use digital communication, yet it can still call a home phone line, it still has similar features, and although everything on it is done in a slightly different way it is at its basics a phone, with internet, and apps. Some of the components on it are custom designed such as the case, and the others are other inventions all formed together to make something new. Each component has a long history and chain connected to it dating back as far back as invention itself.
Every invention has its parts
It is amazing to think that not only is everything in the digital world as complex as inanimate objects get, it is also guaranteed given a year or two it will be improved upon. That is what humans do, and seem to do very well, take something whether alone or in a team and improve upon it, combine new pieces into one, and add a bit of their own ingenuity. There are many documentaries about nature and there are some about technology and the two have a slightly overlapping characteristic. They both tell the tale of how a new thing is born from an old thing. On one hand we have evolution, which adapts and splits organisms to better suit their environment, and on the other we have inventions, which adapt and splits the environment to better suit the organism.
Underpinning it all is the human mind
The beauty of the modern world is everywhere, our daily lives are touched by works of art, our minds are allowed the inter-connectivity they seek, we have many things to occupy our time, and if you really think about it the future will be the same. There will be more invention, more ideas, more art, more beauty, less danger, and more nature. Whether we are watching movies on a TV, or using the latest augmented reality app, it stands to reason those inventions will come from the past. They will span time, space, and physics, will occupy our minds and our hands, they will influence what we think and do, and if anything, they will make the world more beautiful too.
Ideas can sculpt the future
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