The long term sneaky way to change the world without ever asking permission or having to try to convince those who will be forced to change and already hate the idea, whatever it is and no matter what it is, before you even thought of it.
Change key, interconnected tools, and the rest of the system will change.
Technological Determinism
Technological systems are interconnected webs.
The history of such systems shows a consistent repeating pattern.
Changes in the speed, power or complexity of one part causes comparable changes in all other parts to which it is connected.
One Word: Database
Tools are viral containers of ideas.
How we think differently from their use is often even more important than what they actually do.
Do you remember the first time you clicked instead of typed?
Do you remember pocket protector wearers saying GUI was a waste of time and resources, and was the SAME AS TYPING COMMANDS?
The viral idea was the connection between interface, function and data, and they could not see it.
The dominant tool, metaphor, idea of our time is the database.
Convergence
The coming together or merging of:
Jurisdictions
Industries
Companies
Tools and technologies
Products and devices
Professions and skills
Jobs
The viral spread of IT across and within industries and elements of life
Analog: Standardization
Nut, screws and bolts
Rails
Electricity
Auto tires
Paper
Plumbing and lumber
Drove the greatest expansion of human productive capacity in history and a lot of extinctions
