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 ….
Oh dear god – the spammers are having fun here.
I hope the Shaker is alive, well and not forgotten about us.
Maybe he is waiting for the next update to WoW like most of us who have gotten tired of the latest tweaks to the game that kinda broke it for most of us.
Lololol, the spammers…
Wait…. what?