Old Cool Stuff Paves Way for New Cool Stuff

Innovation is taking two things that already exist and putting them together in a new way.
―Tom Freston

Laptop and Typewriter

As the modern world embraces a digital age, defined by unprecedented and intricate forms of technology, archaic VCR’s, pagers, and typewriters have all but disappeared.

By Jessica Woo

Mistakenly, they are sometimes thought of as relics of the past, except maybe at the local vintage shop.

But look at the modern equivalents—the DVD, cellphone, and printer. They embody a function similar to the supposed obsolete objects, just in a more sophisticated manner.

Physical appearances changed, functions advanced, but it does not mean that VCR’s, pagers, and typewriters disappeared.

They’ve evolved

Likewise, floppy disks and cassettes moved into digitized storage, just as other old models gave way to the new, with increased efficiency and optimized usage.

Old and new wisdom mix admirably

New models owe their progression to older counterparts. Without pagers and typewriters, there would be no cellphones or printers.

Although, it’s understandable to yearn for the days when pagers and stereos prevailed, the future, and not the past, stands before us.

It’s the new digital age, and we’re living it.