Even as the photograph was cutting edge technology
Few perceived the next step having moving pictures
If our voices and musical recording onto discs began
The telephone and telegraph came quickly after that
Radio made the world smaller, linking all listening
Computers slowly changed everything, again
First in war and accounting, then all our beings
With internet the world would never be the same
For both good and ill, we can't change our ways
The path before keeps going in new directions
Values decay, civilization can't control the change
Those they linger too long in the past are lost
Others are offered up to the technological gods
And very few enjoy the benefits of the new faith
While we know the next advancement is coming
Few perceived the next step having moving pictures
If our voices and musical recording onto discs began
The telephone and telegraph came quickly after that
Radio made the world smaller, linking all listening
Computers slowly changed everything, again
First in war and accounting, then all our beings
With internet the world would never be the same
For both good and ill, we can't change our ways
The path before keeps going in new directions
Values decay, civilization can't control the change
Those they linger too long in the past are lost
Others are offered up to the technological gods
And very few enjoy the benefits of the new faith
While we know the next advancement is coming
We know that we cannot control the next revolution
“Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and
mesmerizing video displays, let me remind you that information
is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, and wisdom is not
foresight. Each grows out of the other, and we need them all.”
Arthur C. Clarke
“Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and
mesmerizing video displays, let me remind you that information
is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, and wisdom is not
foresight. Each grows out of the other, and we need them all.”
Arthur C. Clarke
