tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post5642924694511807874..comments2024-03-28T22:01:11.059-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: The Pace of Change: technological advances since 1916Ovidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-72141298131349865352018-04-26T10:59:25.352-04:002018-04-26T10:59:25.352-04:00Who can afford to live that long? Hi Zoe! Spring h...Who can afford to live that long? Hi Zoe! Spring has finally arrived in NYC.BlueRidgeGurlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08510441847725987450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-16463402752948552972018-01-14T13:19:16.254-05:002018-01-14T13:19:16.254-05:00Without a doubt, Caro, we were far better organise...Without a doubt, Caro, we were far better organised before the mobile phone! As you point out, we planned ahead, and probably walked into far fewer stationary objects, too!Zoë Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065427744062846167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-40685776811746905012018-01-14T13:17:06.377-05:002018-01-14T13:17:06.377-05:00Thanks, Annamaria. The pace of change seems to con...Thanks, Annamaria. The pace of change seems to constantly accelerate. Interesting to speculate what might be ahead of us in the next hundred years ... if the species doesn't drive itself into extinction in the meantime!Zoë Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065427744062846167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-17635756693047098302018-01-14T13:12:48.938-05:002018-01-14T13:12:48.938-05:00Me, too, Michael. Without my trusty Amstrad in the...Me, too, Michael. Without my trusty Amstrad in the mid-80s, my dream of living by words may never have materialised.Zoë Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065427744062846167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-52076474986788436432018-01-14T13:09:34.815-05:002018-01-14T13:09:34.815-05:00Thanks for the good wishes, Jeff. I think dying qu...Thanks for the good wishes, Jeff. I think dying quickly in my sleep in my own home at 101 years old is an ambition we can all aspire to.<br /><br />The 70s, eh? Hm, I wonder why ...<br /><br />Zoë Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065427744062846167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-42185491681712076872018-01-14T12:14:53.701-05:002018-01-14T12:14:53.701-05:00Do you think we organised ourselves better before ...Do you think we organised ourselves better before mobile phones? I grew up in a house with no phone. Life went in a weekly cycle, arrangements for next Monday night at Gran's were made on the previous Monday night at Grans. We went shopping on a Thursday and watched Star Trek on a Monday. Now folk phone each other from the other side of Asda because they forgot what kind of Pizza they wanted.Caro Ramsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499318515241879831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-20487755061278693332018-01-14T10:21:40.694-05:002018-01-14T10:21:40.694-05:00Fascinating, Zoe! Even with all this, I believe t...Fascinating, Zoe! Even with all this, I believe that century before Peggy's was the one that brought the planet its most significant changes--the railroad, the harnessing of electricity--to the the most significant ever, the automobile, the radio, and the telephone.<br /><br />Of the ones listed, like Michale, my most significant is the personal computer--in all its current gadget guises. I think mostly for good for me!<br /><br />BTW, I had no idea there such things as self cleaning windows. I want some!!Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-16673932999320740682018-01-14T03:14:05.265-05:002018-01-14T03:14:05.265-05:00I guess I'd choose the rather obvious choice o...I guess I'd choose the rather obvious choice of the personal computer and the internet. Those have made the most difference to my life for good and ill.Michael Sears (of Michael Stanley)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09886295534214542834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-71113450811273993842018-01-14T00:34:00.276-05:002018-01-14T00:34:00.276-05:00VERY interesting, Zoë. Sorry about your brother-i...VERY interesting, Zoë. Sorry about your brother-in-law's mum.<br /><br />As for my choice of decade, I think I'm partial to the 70s for rather obvious reasons....Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.com