Technical Progress - John Dunn, Consultant, Ambertec, P.E., P.C.

Technical advances don't usually occur in a steady progression of events. False starts, incorrect theories, misjudgments, clashes of ego and outright fraud have been well documented throughout the course of progress, even if General Electric did long ago pay Ronald Reagan to intone "Progress is our most important product."

Still, we do manage to advance. The much ballyhooed picture telephone that was introduced by Bell Telephone at the 1964 World's Fair in New York City was a marketing dud, but now we have cell phones and services like Skype.

Cartoonist Don Martin understood the situation very well indeed. Did you ever see this gem? 

  

Visit: www.madmag.com.

I especially like the expression on the short guy with his eyes rolled upward toward the ceiling,  er... the sky.

 

Comments

[Charles]

insightful