Future shock

C'È CHI HA trovato una formula intrigante ed efficace per descrivere la reazione sdegnata e arrabbiata di parte dei commentatori e degli esperti del settore informatico al lancio dell'iPad: future shock.

Money Quote: The tech industry will be in paroxysms of future shock for some time to come. Many will cling to their January-26th notions of what it takes to get "real work" done; cling to the idea that the computer-based part of it is the "real work."

It's not. The Real Work is not formatting the margins, installing the printer driver, uploading the document, finishing the PowerPoint slides, running the software update or reinstalling the OS.

The Real Work is teaching the child, healing the patient, selling the house, logging the road defects, fixing the car at the roadside, capturing the table's order, designing the house and organizing the party.