Effect of technology on 1900-to-1950 time-traveler.
• The world filled with technological wonders.
• Horse-drawn carriages now replaced by streets and highways jammed with cars, trucks and buses.
• Skyscrapers and huge bridges.
• Planes carrying people across the continent in a matter of hours.
• Appliances powered by electricity such as radios, TVs, refrigerators, washing machines.
Effect of technology on 1900-to-1950 time-traveler.
• Not much difference: still drive a car, live in a suburban house, has TV.
• Quick-to-learn appliances.
Effect of social change on 1900-to-1950 time-traveler.
• Not much difference: same factory and office environment. 8 or 9 am - 5 pm work schedule. Wear suit and tie. Most coworkers are white males. Very few women and nonwhites.
• Marry young to the same person and work for the same company for the rest of life. Expects his children to do the same.
Effect of social change on 1900-to-1950 time-traveler.
• Big social and cultural changes.
• New dress code, schedule, and rules. Office workers in high position dressed in jeans and open-necked shirts. Young workers might have piercings and tattoos.
• Ethnic jokes become inappropriate.
• Smoking and drinking in workplace is not tolerated.
The Force Behind the Shift.
• Two theories: 1) Some groups of society have imposed their values on the rest of us. 2) Our own inventions reshape us.
• Both theories are wrong. Society is changing because we want it to. It is changing rationally and slowly.
• The force behind the shift is the rise of human creativity.
• Both in work and lives, creativity is more important than ever.
• The winners in every industry are those who can create and keep creating.
• Creativity is multidimensional.