Every generation believes they are living at the edge of chaos. It’s human nature. We all recall the days when things seemed simpler and life moved at a slower pace. My parents did it and now I do it.

Of course, it’s all relative and I can’t imagine what things will be like when my kids are my age. How can technology advance any further than it has? Well, it will.

Other generations might blame their fast-paced lives on the development of electricity or the creation of the combustion engine or the invention of television or the discovery of fire. I blame one thing on our desire for immediate fulfilment that defines our every waking moment today — the fax, or, as it is more formally known, the facsimile. At least, that’s where it began for me.

I worked briefly in computer sales early in my career in the 1980s. While having lunch with a potential client one day, I extolled the virtues of the word-processing package I was trying to sell. He questioned some features of the software.

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