There is an ever-increasing segment of the population that has no concept of what life was life before the advent of the Internet. And my guess is that about half of the people in business today have never worked in an Internet-less environment.
They have never heard the words “Mimeograph” or “Carbon Paper” although the term “CC” lives on in email nomenclature if not in realty!
And for whatever reason, parents seem intent on getting their offspring wired and connected at the time of weaning, with an eye towards attaining a competitive edge over the other three year olds.
Gone are the days when you could learn something once and commit it to memory and be done with it. In today’s fast paced high technology onslaught you must constantly learn and relearn or you will be crushed by those that would depose you.
Just a few years ago, it was a struggle for Internet dominance. Now, it is a desperate dance of flailing and thrashing just to survive.
I look back to the simpler times with fondness, when business was done over a cup of coffee and a handshake instead of a “tweet: or a “like.”
But if I spend more than a few minutes daydreaming about the "good old days," I will lose valuable ground so it’s back to work for me!
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