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If early adopters ruled, we'd all be using CB radios

By Kevin OKeefe

Luddites have a critical role in society's adoption of valuable technology. It's not all about us early adopters. That from Miguehl Helft's 'Band of Laggards' piece heading the business section of this morning's New York Times. From Paul Saffo, a technology forecaster in Silicon Valley: Laggards have a bad rap, but they are crucial in pacing the nature of change. Innovation requires the push of early adopters and the pull of laypeople asking whether something really works. If this were a world in which early adopters got to choose, we'd all be using CB radios and quadraphonic stereos. Don't laugh. Dad had a CB radio in his yellow Cadillac to listen to whether he could take it to up 60 mph during Jimmy Carter's 55 mph national speed limit...continue to full post

Full post as published by Real Lawyers : Have Blogs on March 13, 2008 (boomark / email).