Personally, I have no need for ... there's no other reason I'd buy one ...
This is the substance of your thinking about the subject. You are arguing your solipsistic point of view: that which you, personally, have no need for must therefore be unnecessary to anyone else.
Please read again from the final paragraph of Mike's article:
" But the nature of innovation is that we make things obsolete by making other things better and more powerful and changing the way we do things. The end result is, generally speaking (and, yes, there are exceptions), better for everyone, enabling them to do more with less and do so more productively. Whether it's a "wallet" or the entire list of things in the graphic above, progress has an amazing way of destroying old ways of doing business"
Mike isn't saying "iTunes is better for me, personally". He isn't saying "Hulu is better for me, personally". He isn't saying "my smart phone's camera, flashlight, compass, calculator, thermometer, interocitor -- whatever -- is better for me, personally". He's saying these things -- ALL these things -- are better for everyone. Moreover, he's saying that whoever uses one of these smart phone app doohickeys is more productive than someone who uses the old, dusty, expensive and oh-so-heavy real tool. And he's wrong.
If you're sincerely telling me you'd rather watch Lord of the Rings on your little iphone screen than on my (modest by today's standards) 42" flat screen, then I can only say de gustibus non est disputandum.
So, rather than replace completely, surely you admit that many of these items have been replaced for amateur or casual use?
That's hardly the same as "destroyed". It's not even in the same zip code.
When an i-phone can survive being dropped on the ground without its screen being shattered into a zillion shards, and when its calculator app has all the functionality of a TI-83, it might be a viable alternative to a TI-83. But even then it will be absurd to say that "progress has destroyed the calculator".
even remote control in many cases (hooked up to an XBMC box attached to my TV)
Gawd -- you still own a TV??? That's SO last week.
decorative chess sets
Oh my... did you really write that? I haz a sad. You really believe that the difference between a smart phone app and a real chess board is the latter's decorative potential?
sufficient for the needs of many people
No, that's not the message of the creepy Cato graphic, and that's not Mike's message. He says "we make things obsolete by making other things better and more powerful".
Do you understand what the word "obsolete" means? Do you understand that "better" is subjective "more powerful" is relative?
No, Mike, "progress" hasn't destroyed the wallet. And it hasn't, through the agency of "smart" phones, destroyed chess boards, thermometers, alarm clocks, television sets, cameras, metronomes, calculators or flashlights. Some of these things are tools which professionals use, and no professional is going to whip out a smart phone instead of that tool. ITunes is not a replacement for a stereo. Hulu is not a replacement for a TV. I usually like what you write but - sorry - this one is a dud.
However, the digital version can be copied and stored in multiple locations far more easily and cheaply than a paper one. This makes it far more resilient.
I think this point is arguable, as well. The cost of maintaining and replacing digital storage has to be factored in. Have we reached the point yet where digital storage won't fail after a decade or two? A physical book lasts a lot longer than a hard drive, and its use doesn't consume any power.
"Analogies have no relevance and are possibly just an attempt to divert the topic."
Analogy is what human culture is made of. Experiences happen in a context, not a vacuum. We make connections between events and ideas; we form expectations; we progress from passive reception to interaction. Now relax and have some nice tea and cookies.
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Please read again from the final paragraph of Mike's article:
Mike isn't saying "iTunes is better for me, personally". He isn't saying "Hulu is better for me, personally". He isn't saying "my smart phone's camera, flashlight, compass, calculator, thermometer, interocitor -- whatever -- is better for me, personally". He's saying these things -- ALL these things -- are better for everyone. Moreover, he's saying that whoever uses one of these smart phone app doohickeys is more productive than someone who uses the old, dusty, expensive and oh-so-heavy real tool. And he's wrong.
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When an i-phone can survive being dropped on the ground without its screen being shattered into a zillion shards, and when its calculator app has all the functionality of a TI-83, it might be a viable alternative to a TI-83. But even then it will be absurd to say that "progress has destroyed the calculator".
Gawd -- you still own a TV??? That's SO last week.
Oh my... did you really write that? I haz a sad. You really believe that the difference between a smart phone app and a real chess board is the latter's decorative potential?
No, that's not the message of the creepy Cato graphic, and that's not Mike's message. He says "we make things obsolete by making other things better and more powerful".
Do you understand what the word "obsolete" means? Do you understand that "better" is subjective "more powerful" is relative?
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