The other day, I watched the movie “Pleasantville” (1998, starring Tobey McGuire). Briefly, the story revolves around two 1990’s teenagers being “magically” transposed in a 1950’s sitcom where their influence begins to profoundly change that complacent world.
To me, this film shows two things very well:
1) The implications of refusing change.
2) The consequences that a small change has. Some call it the “butterfly effect”.
The modern teenagers can’t help but bring about changes into that placid world of the fifties. The population is forever changed and cannot go back to the way they were.
Predicting the impact of the use of certain technologies in a psycho-social context is a tricky business. In future posts, strategies to foresee the future will be alaborated.
This should prove to be a lot of fun. Stay tuned . . .
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