Is there a limit to innovation? How much more can be improved in technology? It seems we're getting to the point, where there won't be any possibility for inventing something new. But is it really about the potential of technology or maybe that metric is absolutely dependable on something else?
The world has always seemed to work in the simple model of demand and supply - meaning people point out the problem and voice the wish or need and the invention is being given to them on a silver platter. Obviously, in the highly commercialized society that we live in the roles have somehow changed, at least to some extend. Now it looks like the innovation arises and business convinces people that they aren't able to proceed with their lives without owning the new solution.
But new technologies don't appear out of nowhere. There has to be some visible space for improvement. However, that's not what strikes the most but the way we go with our demand-supply process. It used to be about making things smaller and simpler. It was about making them as compact as possible. What people used to want was to have little but fully packed tools. Innovative products were getting smaller and more filled with new options. How does it look now?
Completely different. We keep on getting larger devices and more diverse solutions. Like social media, for example. It used to be about making a platform for creating an on-line society, placing photos, music, relationships, communication, videos... everything in one place. What about now? Well, we have a separate social media for each of those needs, or maybe rather whims. Twitter - purely communication, SoundCloud and Spotify - just music, Pinterest and Instagram - only photos, LinkedIn - #workee... The most amusing part? People actually agree to use all of them, they're even excited but... have you noticed the account sync? Yes, they gladly use each and every tool they receive but it seems like they still want the information to be kept in one place and since there's no possible way of having that at the moment, they just keep the same information on all of their accounts.
Logical? Not really. Practical? Depends for whom. How long can it last? For how long will we be stuck in this information chaos that is being created everyday? Depends on the upcoming changes and since they don't take their time, maybe we'll find out soon - is it going to be multiplication of new tools or will we get back to praising minimalism.
The world has always seemed to work in the simple model of demand and supply - meaning people point out the problem and voice the wish or need and the invention is being given to them on a silver platter. Obviously, in the highly commercialized society that we live in the roles have somehow changed, at least to some extend. Now it looks like the innovation arises and business convinces people that they aren't able to proceed with their lives without owning the new solution.
But new technologies don't appear out of nowhere. There has to be some visible space for improvement. However, that's not what strikes the most but the way we go with our demand-supply process. It used to be about making things smaller and simpler. It was about making them as compact as possible. What people used to want was to have little but fully packed tools. Innovative products were getting smaller and more filled with new options. How does it look now?
Completely different. We keep on getting larger devices and more diverse solutions. Like social media, for example. It used to be about making a platform for creating an on-line society, placing photos, music, relationships, communication, videos... everything in one place. What about now? Well, we have a separate social media for each of those needs, or maybe rather whims. Twitter - purely communication, SoundCloud and Spotify - just music, Pinterest and Instagram - only photos, LinkedIn - #workee... The most amusing part? People actually agree to use all of them, they're even excited but... have you noticed the account sync? Yes, they gladly use each and every tool they receive but it seems like they still want the information to be kept in one place and since there's no possible way of having that at the moment, they just keep the same information on all of their accounts.
Logical? Not really. Practical? Depends for whom. How long can it last? For how long will we be stuck in this information chaos that is being created everyday? Depends on the upcoming changes and since they don't take their time, maybe we'll find out soon - is it going to be multiplication of new tools or will we get back to praising minimalism.