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======Age 2 - Age and Speed of Developments ...======
Wednesday, May 12, 2010.
Age has some difficulties in a society which is rapidly
evolving. The speed of innovation has increased strongly
over the last 200 years. Today, we change our technologies
every 5 years. Todays DVD's might not be accessible
any more 5 years from now. Todays mobile phones are
designed for 2 years, they are out of date after one.
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**Continuous learning**
Continuous learning is a part of our society. That also
means: the advantage of age is less clearly seen today.
Our kids know more about modern technology than the
adults. As IT-professionals we are just staying ahead, but
not on every layer.
Age once seemed to be full of wisdom. Today it seems to
be full of missing knowledge about what the world has
become. If you were 60 when the internet started around 1993,
you are now 76, and several revolutions have taken place
since then. Have you kept up? You probably realize that
you don't want to follow every wave today. Still: these
waves are quite significant for commerce and social
development. 50 years ago we talked about life-long-learning
as something new. Today without this life is not feasible
any more.
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**God's Perspective**
But let us look at God's perspective on all this. We
need to look into an eternal perspective. We need to
realize that age is there, yes, but that God has opened
a door into eternity in Christ. Death has changed its
role in Jesus. And with that also age and the evolution
of society has changed its role. From God's perspective,
the speed of electronic development can be as
distracting as helpful. There are good things in it:
It is easier to stay in touch,
to communicate, to download articles about faith, to share
the insight into Jesus Christ.
But we can also be pulled
into a life which looses the sense for God. Technology
plays a similar role than all the new developments which
were part of human history: roads, trains, cars,
television, electricity, etc etc. It can become our new
God, it can be the center of our life. But it should be
just a tool which we use wisely. Let's follow the Lord,
young and old. With any level of understanding
of modern technology we can live in his truth, his love,
his grace and mercy, we can be together with him!
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