In Which Older Technology is Superseded by New Technology

Birdie’s article “My Top News Story for 2011” purports to explore Birdie’s top news article from when they undertook their year-long break from news. Instead, Birdie talks about a few articles that would have been their favorite had they known about them then veers directly into the idea that older technology is better with a transition as smooth as your average train crash. After reading the article, I was a bit confused. Birdie claims that as we move further into “science fiction”, we’ll be bringing along a lot of older technology because it’s better than the newer alternatives. Birdie points to books, analog watches, running shoes with toes, and vinyl LPs as technologies that we’ll bring with us into the future. However, all these technologies have been superseded by new technology that is superior in every respect: ebooks replaced books, digital/smart watches replaced analog watches, and vinyl LPs were replaced by far superior digital audio equipment. Note that I left out running shoes with toes; that’s because they’re not an old technology at all, merely drawing inspiration from running barefoot.