“But Now We’re All Cashing In, Aren’t We?”

Kevin Kelly has pointed out that we never really throw away tools or technologies, even when their betters come along. We still use them for utility but also for contrast to what has become the norm. They are an aged parent more beloved for what they did for us than what they can now do. Oddly the nostalgia is passed along to generations that were never nurtured by them. The wheelchair still gets pushed.

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