Laziness -> Invention

The old adage goes - ‘laziness is the mother of all invention’. Typically when a new invention comes up, it meets resistance for people who are used to the status quo, and denounce the new effort or time-saving invention as a farce, a device for the lazy. For instance, the automatic gear was once condemned as a luxury device for the lazy - “if you can’t even be bothered to stick out a leg and change your gear, why drive a car?”.

Of course, history has proven otherwise - automatic gear sticks are now very much the default in new cars. People get used to it, prefer it for the time and effort saved, and after a (short) while, the chorus of condemnation are all but forgotten.

That said, what’s your take on this?

5 Comments so far

  1. null on May 20, 2008

    this is not really true, only in US and Canada automatic gears won on manually driven gears. In Europe its really difficult to find even one ;)

  2. Maib on May 20, 2008

    My Anus is bleeding! Hahaha, such a good video too!

    My Anus is bleeding! Hahaha, such a good video too!

  3. Gems Sty on May 21, 2008

    Hi null,

    Thanks for the perspective. Where I am (Singapore) it does seem like Auto cars have eaten into being the default. The world is not so small after all! ;)

  4. null on May 21, 2008

    [OT]: anyway, gems sty, i really really really really love your blog. I do a really good job ;)

  5. Gems Sty on May 22, 2008

    Thanks null! :D

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