[MartinSE]

“I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies,” writes Douglas Adams in The Salmon of Doubt.

1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.

2. Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.

3. Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

[alwann]

“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable."

―Douglas Adams,' The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.'

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by MartinSE

“I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies,” writes Douglas Adams in The Salmon of Doubt.

1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.

2. Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.

3. Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

And anything invented after you reach the curmudgeon age of 60, when you no longer embrace change, is absolutely unacceptable! That is, unless someone finds the fountain of youth : )

[JMintzer]

Not to mention that any injury you have after 40 is permanent...

[MartinSE]

Originally Posted by alwann

“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable."

―Douglas Adams,' The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.'

Maybe that already happened…