03-26-2018, 10:40 PM
I don't believe film photography will make a long-lasting comeback. Like most "retro" crazes, there'll be a brief resurgence of interest, then everyone will get bored with it and go back to making duck-faced selfies on their cellphones.
What I'm talking about is the way today's IT workers have a very superficial understanding of the underlying technologies, if any at all. Most self-styled "engineers" I know don't have the first clue about electronics. What's more, they display a complete lack of curiosity about what makes things tick. The fundamental concepts that today's digital technology is built upon are still the same as 30 years ago. It hasn't gone away, and it hasn't been replaced, as many people imagine. It has merely been abstracted out of conscious awareness. It's still there, and it will need to be maintained for as long as high-tech civilization endures. The knowledge necessary to peel back the layers of abstraction and get at root causes has to be preserved, or they'll eventually encounter problems nobody remembers how to solve.
What I'm talking about is the way today's IT workers have a very superficial understanding of the underlying technologies, if any at all. Most self-styled "engineers" I know don't have the first clue about electronics. What's more, they display a complete lack of curiosity about what makes things tick. The fundamental concepts that today's digital technology is built upon are still the same as 30 years ago. It hasn't gone away, and it hasn't been replaced, as many people imagine. It has merely been abstracted out of conscious awareness. It's still there, and it will need to be maintained for as long as high-tech civilization endures. The knowledge necessary to peel back the layers of abstraction and get at root causes has to be preserved, or they'll eventually encounter problems nobody remembers how to solve.
