![]() ![]() I’ve managed so far to avoid signing up to Facebook, but social networking for a younger generation has totally replaced all of the above. Technology just makes us reliant on yet more technology. Why learn it? Why remember it, if you can search online and have the answer in seconds? Technology like voice activated Google Search (far more accurate and efficient than Siri) coupled with Google Glass (the web connected specs) may further remove the requirement for learning.īut personal development, character building, conversation, interests and hobbies are critical, and I’m not convinced that technology encourages any of these. On the radio show I’ve been saying for a few years now that traditional education is becoming increasingly irrelevant for young people who have grown up with smartphone technology. Today, I search my initial thought online from wherever I happen to be, and solve the problem. I used to procrastinate, contemplate, evolve a theory. I used my brain in different ways than I do now. I went out more, socialised more, actually communicated more. I am starting to feel that my life was richer in the days before iDevices. As fully paid up members of the Cult of Mac, us evangelists are far more in tune with Cupertino than UK based journalists who use Microsoft Windows computers and Android mobile phones.īut there is a but. The economists and analysts are almost always wrong with their predictions as to how the tech giant will evolve and why it’s share price fluctuates. Contrary to critics, it is this rationale that has made them the most profitable company in the world. Believe it or not, Apple’s ethos is not to make money, but to sell the best kit out there. I’ve also learned a lot about business strategy courtesy of their model to put product and quality ahead of price and profit. And before iPad, who even knew they needed a tablet computer? Icons and touchscreen gestures were unheard of. Lets not forget what our mobiles were like before the iPhone. I’ve invested in their products and am proud of their achievements. As a self confessed Apple fanboy since 1992, I have watched the company develop, innovate and deliver. Next week Apple will unveil new products that will see its share price return to an all time high.
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