An article I read on thenextweb.com sent my brain on a tangent today. The article was discussing the idea that Google's Project Glass could be its "iPhone Moment". Naturally, what came to my mind was only slightly related to the original article, though I think what I'm going to write about is a part of the paradigm that informs the article from thenextweb.com.
The way the article was written started me thinking about dichotomoes and how we as Americans often use them to oversimplify our complicated modern life. Apple or Android; Apple or Microsoft; Google or Yahoo!; Democrat or Republican; Whig or Torie.
I think this tendency towards thinking of the world in polar opposites often does us a disservice. I think it robs us of much of the richness that we can find in our world today. Not that the tech world is a glorious place full of richness and beauty, but I think these pairs of opposites are indicative of how we look at the world. We often dismiss other options that may be available to us that we may find more enriching or enjoyable simply because they are not on of the two choices at opposite ends of ye spectrum.
I find myself waxing philophical tonight, so I'll stop there. But next time you have to make a choice make sure you're not simply discounting smaller, lesser known options. Do your research first and maybe pick io a Windows Phone or Ask Jeeves.
Andrew
Reading: Little Fuzzy, John Scalzi. Page 27/154
No comments:
Post a Comment