Like a ripple from a stone landing in a pond, technology comes and goes. Clearly, though, some technologies make a bigger splash―and last longer―than others. I remember working on a car culture feature for the "Los Angeles Times Magazine" in Tinseltown in the late 1980s. I couldn't help noticing all these people driving around in Jaguars and Mercedes while talking on telephones. This new phenomenon struck me as odd. I recall wondering at the time, why in the heck would people want to talk on the phone in their cars?
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