Can you believe this?

Just to be clear, Horseless Carriages = Cars

Washington Commissioners were afraid that Horseless Carriages (aka Cars) will Frighten Horses, thus a Ban on Them.

We might even laugh while reading the above, but the reality is that this is how society in general responds to new technology.

Don’t believe it yet?

Just 25-28 years back, the Internet was seen a fad and meant for gambling and pornography.

Additionally, a Nobel Prize Winner in Economics, Paul Krugman, wrote in 1998, “The growth of the Internet will be slow drastically, as the flaw in “Metcalfe’s law” -which states that the number of potential connections in a network is proportional to the square of the number of participants- become apparent: most people have nothing to say to each other! By 2005 or so, it will become clear that the Internet’s impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machines.”

Well, you know the answer to the impact of the internet on our lives.

So how do we protect ourselves from falling into this trap of resisting change?

The Greek Stoic philosopher Epictetus has the answer. He said, ‘We should get into the habit of asking ourselves,’ “What illusion about myself do I entertain? Do I, too, ever make that boast about being prepared for whatever may happen? If I don’t know something, am I properly aware that I don’t know it?”

It’s only when you are truly aware that you don’t know (and what you don’t know) will you ever make an attempt to seek the truth or look out for someone who can really help you.