The most important fact I think is missing is that most of those technologies when they first came out were luxuries and not ever one had them. Automobiles were extremely expensive until Henry Ford produced them for the average consumer. My point being is that in 50 years all the stuff we you today such as computers, cell phones, etc. will be intergrated into our lives and no longer considered luxuries by a basic need to survive in the world. That is why many business are trying to close what is commonly known as "The digital divide" so their products will be lasting parts of our society.
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The most important fact I think is missing is that most of those technologies when they first came out were luxuries and not ever one had them. Automobiles were extremely expensive until Henry Ford produced them for the average consumer. My point being is that in 50 years all the stuff we you today such as computers, cell phones, etc. will be intergrated into our lives and no longer considered luxuries by a basic need to survive in the world. That is why many business are trying to close what is commonly known as "The digital divide" so their products will be lasting parts of our society.