Technological+Backtrack+(ele)

**History**
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**Opinion**
With the creation of so many new and sleek technological devices, we continue to force more and more information into smaller and smaller physical outlets. Once we get to a certain point one has to wonder, is smaller really better? I mean, I certainly understand a students desire for a laptop that weighs less than twenty pounds, but does it really need to be light as air? On the whole, global consumer culture has answered, “yes”. After getting an iPhone 4 for Christmas this year, I couldn’t be happier. Yet just a couple weeks later, my mom called me to tell me that Apple’s working on a lighter, smaller, mini-iPhone if you will. Gloating as if I were going to miss out with my “ancient” device while she purchases the cool new thing, I had to stop her mid-conversation to ask why. Why does she need a smaller iPhone? I can barely even feel mine in my pocket, but due to the incredible marketing power of Apple, 56 year-old women like my mother can’t wait for what comes next. To make matters worse, availability of old technology has become so limited that minor regressions in modernity are almost impossible. Try as I may, I cannot find a [|VHS player] without a DVD player attached, CD player’s have become rare, and [|cassette-players] seem out of the question. I guess I will just have to wait until these dear items of my childhood are marketed with irony for boatloads more money than they’re worth. RIP [|Polaroid].

**Future Trends?**
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