This is a list of things that have NOT become COMPLETELY obsolete, but are teetering on that threshold moribundity. This watch list includes technological devices like the VCR, Dial-up internet, and non-HD TV (which will receive its official death nail in 2009). However, there are also financial items like the personal check, which is comatose because the arrival of debit cards, credit cards, and on-line bill paying.
Social issues can not be ignored either. Personal Privacy has definitely made the obsolete watch list. With all of the parking lot and mall cameras, cell phones with camera and video, You Tube exhibitionism, financial transaction records, satellite surveillance technology, Google Street View, and Internet monitoring that has become a constant part of everyday life, one can argue that personal privacy is on the verge of going the way of the Dodo Bird.
What else should be placed on this watch list?
- The SUV?
- Poverty?
- Security?
- Sub-Prime Mortgages?
- Cheap Air-Fare?
- Paris Hilton Political Ads?
The list is virtually endless. Please feel free to post your submissions for this list and I will update accordingly.
