The best forms of technology are not just revolutionary in practice; they are transformational by design and description. Think (Different) about the release, on October 23, 2001, of the iPod and its six-word summary of social change and individual empowerment: "One thousand songs in your pocket." That event is a commercial milestone and a triumph for consumers. In the near-decade-and-a-half since that occasion – in the years following the debut of that iconic device, with its monochromatic screen and rotary flywheel – we can celebrate the miniaturization and personalization of everything from cell phones and digital music players to the dawn of slender tablets and sleek laptops. An
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