25 Years later

CNN just made a list of top 25 Innovations of the last 25 years, which are
1. Internet
2. Cell phone
3. Personal computers
4. Fiber optics
5. E-mail
6. Commercialized GPS
7. Portable computers
8. Memory storage discs
9. Consumer level digital camera
10. Radio frequency ID tags
11. MEMS
12. DNA fingerprinting
13. Air bags
14. ATM
15. Advanced batteries
16. Hybrid car
17. OLEDs
18. Display panels
19. HDTV
20. Space shuttle
21. Nanotechnology
22. Flash memory
23. Voice mail
24. Modern hearing aids
25. Short Range, High Frequency Radio

2004 also marks the 25th year of my life, so basically, those are the top 25 Innovations of my life time. Before my birth, these things are virturally unknown to the society and today, the society can not survive without these innovations. Technology has replaced ideology as the driving force of changes in today's society. An innovation such as Internet can change the society in more ways than a mere technological advancement. It changes the way our society function and the basis of human interaction, it breaks the traditional communication barriers such as physical distance and the distance between social classes.

I live in the age of CNN, MSN and ESPN, who knows what the world will be like in 25 years from now.