So how long will it take society to completely forget the familiar symbolism we all know and love? The phone, computer, cell, mouse, vhs tape, cd, etc? We see them everywhere but at what point do they become so arcane that their meaning no longer exists in our lexicon?
At some point these will be phased out. Heck, it’s even started now! While we still have the vhs tapes, I wonder how much of the younger techno-savvy generation understands of it. And what of phones? Even computer sales over the last year have yielded to cellphones and tablets. And the best stuff we have yet to even imagine. Computer? What’s that? We all use Google Glasses now!
So… What do you think will be the first iconography to bite the dust?
(sry for the late update and uh… analog drawing… been out traveling for the last few weekends.)
What will bite the dust in general society except for retro-techno-philes?
In no particular order, and some may already be pretty much dead an buried like oh so many Coleco Systems since all will be oh so gone within a decade if not already just memories for an older generation.
BETA Tape, VHS Tape, Laser Disk, Game Cartridges, Cassette Tape, 8-Track, DAT Tape, MiniDisk, CB Radio, Amateur Radio, Build-it-Yourself-Electronic Kits, 10/100/100 Routers, Incandescent Lamps, Florescent Lamps, Cigarette Lighters, Bubble Memory, Fanny Packs, Modems, Dot Matrix Printers, Serial Data Cables/ports, parallel printer ports, hand and flatbed scanners, fax, typewriters, My Space, Usenet, …… personal freedom and privacy ….
I think you are not taking into account all the countries who will stillbe using them for years to come due to the latest first world technologies being far too expensive to export for the general public. But hey, at least a lack of super technology builds character, right?
@N008 Personal freedom and privacy have always being fought against, yet some folks still manage to keep it. Emphasis on some. Look on the bright side: Even though video cameras have been invented, mandatory search warrants and civil rights also exist in some nations!
The “save” icon in many programs still looks like a 3.5″ floppy disk, in spite of those not being used in quite a while, we still use the term “rewind” even though consumer audio/visual media hasn’t involved winding anything in almost as long as the floppy has been dead. http://www.cracked.com/article_19109_6-things-our-kids-just-plain-wont-get.html
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