A reflection on time passed.
An early morning cup of tea had me reflecting on future concepts, with reference to education; the future use of iPad, vehicles; the hybrids, even the development for hybrid aircraft. How the world's technology has changed in my short history, what has the future in store for my Grandchildren?
I reflected on the changes my Grand parents had seen, cars; model T's to Thunderbird s. Aeroplanes; the first flight to jets. Films; silent to i Max. Ships; wind-driven to nuclear powered. Banking; from personal interaction, to cheques. As well as the discovery and development of TV, computers, electric street lights, telephones, and so many more items.
What had I seen? Computers; constructed in climate controlled rooms, to the small hand-held models. TV; small black and white sets that needed time to warm up, to home theatre systems that fill lounge rooms. Calculators; needing a desk to stand on, to almost obsolete. Telephones; wall mounted models connected by party lines, to cellphones that can call a number by voice activation. Cellphones; brick size, to miniature. Cameras; film to digital. Development of the video, cine cameras a thing of the past. Family films of remembrance on video tape obsolete, DVD developed, giving way to blue ray. Video conferencing across the world, internet information available to all at the push of a button. Banking; from savings books, to cards, even instant payments via computer to vendors overseas.
When my mind thought of mid calf dresses progressing to the mini, and swimming costumes from full length with frills, to G stringed bikinis, it was time to stop. Will technology progress such that my own Grand children will wonder how we coped without the future development they'll see? Will social gatherings become talking to each other on screens? Will virtual reality develop pets not requiring feeding? The same with sport, a game of tennis with your neighbours be played in your house without physically seeing each other?
Shopping at the corner store, greeting and chatting with the proprietor be replaced with an order via the internet? So many questions with no answers, who can predict the future developments not yet thought of, certainly not I, understanding the present speed of change is difficult enough. The past increased technological development, blamed by some as the cause of the last world war, seen also, as the reason for the high mortality rate, in that war. Is this a sign of the future, or has humanity learnt to control the political wants of governments. Will the technological developments lead to such competition as to cause a war, or rather to make sure that future conflicts on a world-wide basis, avoided.
The future of education, I see, as the creators of peace ambassadors, if the iPad is to improve education, let it be developed, as well as any future aid to improve information. Cell phones, computers, internet all educational tools unavailable to the war mongers of the past, may they now develop and aid in creating the peace of the future. The ability to instantly communicate across the world, let future developments rather be used for friendship than war. Microchips for weapons, need redirecting towards medical research, and spy planes and their technical cameras rather used to combat world famine and starvation. Monies used for weapon development, redirected to more peaceful uses.
May my grandchildren in the future, still communicate personally, with the owner, of the corner shop store.
Source: http://brooklyncollegebookstore.blogspot.com/2013/07/references-to-education-what-are-future.html
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