Joe & Niki Wood

Show the list below to some teenagers and ask them if they are familiar with any thing on the list:

Atari
Nintendo family computer
black and white television
cloth diaper
film camera
floppy disk
rotary telephone
vinyl record
cassette tapes
walkman
Betamax
VHS
typewriter

How did they do? How many did they recognize? Chances are they raised their eyebrows and stared at you like you were from outer space. Who could blame them? These items were once common household items but are now in danger of becoming extinct. Some are in danger of vanishing, while some have already disappeared. These things have become obsolete.

Technology is evolving very quickly. What may be the trend today, may already be obsolete tomorrow. Things like the VHS, film camera or rotary telephone have been replaced by newer inventions that are more efficient and effective.

Change is constant; it is the only thing that is permanent. And that is a fact of life. We can either accept it or disregard it. But if we want to save ourselves from becoming obsolete, we have to choose the former. We have to accept change and embrace it.

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