In my lifetime I have witnessed more events and more advances than any other generation in history.
The atomic age, space travel, the computer, lasers, organ transplants and so many others. I can watch an old science fiction movie and see how imaginative gadgets have become reality and even common place.
The other day I read an article about things babies born in 2011 will never know. It is equally as astounding as items I have watched pass by the wayside.
I remember when video tape replaced film, a major step forward for T.V. stations. Now, in this digital age the children born this year will only read about video tape. My generation grew up on books, magazines and newspapers. I hope there will always be books and not just the electronic kind. Yet, the kids born this year may well find stores that sell words written on dead trees will be about as numerous as record stores are today.
Paper maps, watches and wired phones will be relegated to museums. CDs, the Evening News, film cameras and fax machines will be a part of history.
Today many us carry a smart phone. That relatively small device connects us with almost everything imaginable. It can tell us where we are with GPS, allow us to research anything on the internet, take pictures and send them to our friends and yes ... we can even talk with someone, just like on an old-fashioned telephone that actually had wires.
The difference technology has made in our lives is beyond description. We can only imagine what the children of 2011 will witness in their lifetime. Whatever it may be, may it be in peace.
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