The beauty of IT change and those who remember it

The photo was taken by analog photography lover Petra Gardijan & her comrade Zorki 4K.

Today we're used to being fast, to be effective, and multitasking. Sometimes I wonder, what would my grandfather think of me? That I have superpowers or that I’m tormenting myself?

Recently I've heard a story about the journey of an engineer and IT professor in the seventies. Flying to Paris for a technological fair. While hearing quite a noise, you could see your arm veins spreading due to the pressure. So many things happened after this flight. People often say that everything was different back then. But not him. What he sees are the difference and progress. In the eighties, he was a part of replacing analog with digital technology. He notices: "It was hard to see those valuable parts, throwing away. But when things are not using the purpose anymore, they need to be replaced with something else, with progress."

Another person we talked to about this topic is our translator and retired English teacher. She has very vivid memories of typing machines. Deleting and copy-pasting was impossible back then. Loud sounds, no typing during the night because of the neighbors' peace. Indigo paper was something you needed to have in your house, blue fingers a part of the process.

But what is in common with those people? Their understanding of the world changes. Still having knowledge, strength, and will for progress. It seems that the ones who participated in this journey will never say how they don't understand today's world. They'll try. They'll ask and they'll respect it. That's why they get even more interesting to us. If they can time machine, shouldn't we too? I'm sure my grandfather would also understand.

That should be the power of IT.