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A better way? Things change, even if we don't think about it.

Publication: Automotive Design & Production
Publication Date: 01-JUN-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
When we get used to something, say a technological development, we get to the point where we think that it is normal, just the way things are. Depending where individuals are on the experience curve, it may be that the time to normalcy is profoundly abbreviated. Consider the cell phone. In my lifetime, I've been familiar with desktop (and kitchen-wall) phones with rotary dials. I remember when the pushbutton phone appeared. Back in the late 1960s I had the opportunity to meet a guy who had a portable telephone (he owned Detroit's Grande Ballroom, our version of the original Fillmore, and had an FM radio show; he is the guy who was responsible for the "Paul is dead" phenomenon), which was packaged in a briefcase. And let's...

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