We live at the confluence of ongoing technological innovations in computer technology, telecommunications, and digital imagery to name just a few. Daily life as we know it over the next 10-15 years will continue to change at an accelerated rate. You will need to learn new things on a daily basis or risk feeling further out of touch with the world you live in. Programming your VCR will seem like a trivial task compared to some of the new things you will be asked to learn. Unfortunately the world is becoming more technological.
New technology means change.
With change comes uncertainty. New technology often brings with it a number of new concepts and new tools to master. The Internet technology, as I see it, is a key technology because it offers a solution to surviving in an era of rapid technological change. It offers a new paradigm of learning, learning about anything and everything. The Internet, particularly the World Wide Web is the best example of both a concept and an associated set of tools that advocates information sharing, learning, and ultimately technology itself.