I've noticed a rather funny thing this Christmas. When cell phones first came out, they were really big. Years of effort went into making cell phones smaller in industry to make it more convenient for the mass populace to carry them in pockets and purses. Now, I've realized that the cell phone industry has reverted back to making cell phones bigger like they were when they first came into existence. Of course, the reason the cell phones are going back to being bigger is to allow for the making of the smart phone.
Playing games with friends utilizing apps due to how busy life is has become a staple. I'm amazed with how much technology has advanced with respect to the cell phone industry. It seems like the cell phone industry is always at the top of its game. I wonder why the development of environmentally-friendly energy technology is not as efficient as the cell phone industry. It's kind of sad. I guess the cell phone industry is kind of like Alice in Wonderland,
having to change its size in order to fit into specific doorways set by society.
Here's another thing I've discovered over winter break. My nephew was reading Dr. Seuss' One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish one day. I was criticizing his choice of that book because my nephew is a very smart boy and his reading level is much higher than the level required to read Dr. Seuss.
I exclaimed that I could probably recite the book if I was allowed to read it. So he would let me read a page and then I would try to recite it back to him verbatim. But then I soon realized the book I remembered from my childhood was "A LOT" more complicated and much longer than I had remembered it to be. However, through the reading of the book, I came across the irony for the name of another popular technology innovation called the "Nook".
In One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, there is a species described called a nook. Ironically, "nooks can't read", according to Dr. Seuss. This fact seemed rather humorous to me because the technology innovation called a Nook that is used by the mass populace is a device that people read from using stored pages read on a computer screen. Hence, a Nook is used to read, when it can't read itself. In some ways, it is a very profound concept. But it is also very VERY ironic.
In any case, I've realized that technology development is dictated by demand. Hence, sustainability would be better off if the mass populace screamed about the need for environmental energy development louder than they screamed about smart phone game application development. If people purchased billions of small devices to propagate the generation of revenue related to energy development, the entire nation would probably be running on green technology.
I also have realized that sometimes there are name origins for devices that refer back to forgotten sources. Furthermore, Dr. Seuss books can be very complicated upon reading them as an adult. I still think my nephew should read other books that fit his reading level better, but I suppose that book in particular has more to it than I thought.
