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Article: Disrupting technology.(THE LAZY PERSON'S GUIDE)
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- CHIPS
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- July 1, 2009
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What does it take to change the world? A few things come to mind: the discovery of fire, the wheel ... and a realization that the universe is a much bigger place than we originally thought. However, since CHIPS is an information technology magazine, we will limit our discussion here to the disruptive information technologies that have transformed cultural models, social structures, economic systems and living conditions in unexpected ways.
Disruptive technologies have four primary characteristics.
[check] They change the environment, usually in multiple areas simultaneously: personally, socially, at work, at home, and with rippling unexpected side ...