If you go back to the source, it's supposed to be a phrase used entirely for changing scientific views of our universe, but since then has become a debased phrase that can mean whatever you want it to mean: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradigm_shift
Would letting blind people see be a scientific breakthrough? A medical miracle? Or a paradigm shift? I'd call the technology that enables this one of the former two. If society's views subsequently change (e.g. on the capabilities or ability of blind people to engage with sighted society), that might be a paradigm shift. Cheers Ken From: Jon Harris [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, 23 April 2013 11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Color me skeptical Personally I question what a "paradigm shift" would be considered to be. I would then look at that is being proposed as such a thing. Most of the truly accurate "futurist" were not associated with a company selling hardware or software. They were academics and entertainers. Look at what Rodenberry saw when he invented Star Trek.... (Yeah I know maybe not a good choice but he did see things in his vision that we now have maybe due to that vision) He was looking not at what was or what was possible but what he saw as the future. Like many others of his ink he was able to see true "paradigm shifts" even if he was not going to be a part of inventing them. In my mind Jobs is and will forever be the king of salesmanship. He convinced people that what he was selling was better, faster, more cool, than anything in the market, despite the fact that others had made it before him. He was also not above allowing others to make claims that were patently false (Apple OS/iOS can't get bugs). Later once he had his market up and running when he knew his time on that statement was running out made sure his marketing people did not make that claim but would quietly say it was possible for it to get bugs. Google would not be in business except for companies like Microsoft and Yahoo. Microsoft itself was only able to get going due to the inventor of an earlier OS not really being interested in business, well that and having family in the right place at the right time. A paradigm shift would be something everyone could benefit from or helps those in special niche markets get equal to those in the larger market. If Google glass were to be able to allow the blind to see then that to me would be a paradigm shift. Jon ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: Color me skeptical Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:03:33 +0000 I'd argue that Google's way of searching was/is sufficiently different to the competition (Alta Vista anyone) to be considered some kind of shift. If you're going to say that Google didn't revolutionise search because they didn't invent it, then arguably there's been nothing revolutionised for hundreds of years (which I think we both agree is false). It may be just that we disagree on the degree of change required to call something a 'paradigm shift', but I'd argue that Google Search, and the concept of giving people "gigabytes" of "free" storage for Gmail were both game changers that propelled those two products from challengers to dominance. Cheers Ken From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, 23 April 2013 3:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Color me skeptical >> They hit paydirt with "search, don't sort" and "sell user data/advertising >> to others, not services to users". But that wasn't a paradigm shift. They didn't invent search, and they didn't invent selling advertising, and they didn't invent the freemium concept or the concept where the user is the product. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
