The lifecycle of accepting new tech

The adoption of new tech is a funny cycle.

  1. We start out skeptical.

  2. We become fearful.

  3. We become reluctant users.

  4. We become proficient users.

  5. Finally, we come to rely on the very thing that we feared.

To be skeptical of something new makes sense to me, but I don’t always understand the need for the doomsday-like predictions that seem so prevalent with so much new tech (i.e artificial intelligence could take over the world and who knows what could happen!)

Before we know it, we will have it harnessed and we will be using it to our great advantage.