Well said Jim. Disruptors were needed in the U.S. during the heyday of the 1950s and 1960s where people protested the nuclear age, McCarthyism and segregation. The counter culture movement was in full swing. Unfortunately, those that benefited the most from putting society in fear have reemerged and are trying to take us backwards in time. Those that won as a part of the counter culture could not do the needed maintenance to sustain the gains that were made. Consequently, someone left the back door open and a right leaning counter movement to the sixties movement is now winning out here in America, reversing many of the gains that were made that benefited the American people on the whole.
Perfectly stated. The obvious adjacent irony was the Apple disruption glorified through the dancing, earbud cable-flopping, brightly colored sneaker-wearing 20-something who had zero understanding of the technology in their hands and the buds somehow conveying music to their ears, which was built via discoveries by the unsung STEM nerd classmates they mocked every day. It's interesting to see geniuses like Neil deGrasse Tyson and Brian Cox out there trying (and succeeding to a degree) to make science seem ... disruptive and therefore appealing.
Well said. There’s a whole separate post idea on Apple’s cultural and technological appropriation. I saw today a folding iPhone is on the way… they’ll spend tens on millions to make it seem fresh while the idea has already been around for years. I do like my MacBook tho… :)
Excellent observation that few seem to grasp or even want to. Disruption for disruptions sake is far too pervasive in today’s world and in the clips we see in our feeds. Appreciate the your well written piece Jim.
Well said Jim. Disruptors were needed in the U.S. during the heyday of the 1950s and 1960s where people protested the nuclear age, McCarthyism and segregation. The counter culture movement was in full swing. Unfortunately, those that benefited the most from putting society in fear have reemerged and are trying to take us backwards in time. Those that won as a part of the counter culture could not do the needed maintenance to sustain the gains that were made. Consequently, someone left the back door open and a right leaning counter movement to the sixties movement is now winning out here in America, reversing many of the gains that were made that benefited the American people on the whole.
Yes. I didn't connect it back to McCarthy, but that totally makes sense.
Perfectly stated. The obvious adjacent irony was the Apple disruption glorified through the dancing, earbud cable-flopping, brightly colored sneaker-wearing 20-something who had zero understanding of the technology in their hands and the buds somehow conveying music to their ears, which was built via discoveries by the unsung STEM nerd classmates they mocked every day. It's interesting to see geniuses like Neil deGrasse Tyson and Brian Cox out there trying (and succeeding to a degree) to make science seem ... disruptive and therefore appealing.
Well said. There’s a whole separate post idea on Apple’s cultural and technological appropriation. I saw today a folding iPhone is on the way… they’ll spend tens on millions to make it seem fresh while the idea has already been around for years. I do like my MacBook tho… :)
Excellent observation that few seem to grasp or even want to. Disruption for disruptions sake is far too pervasive in today’s world and in the clips we see in our feeds. Appreciate the your well written piece Jim.
Disruption for distributions sake indeed far too pervasive. Well encapsulated!