Technology Marches On: Difference between revisions

* Invoked knowingly in the Sondheim Musical ''[[Merrily We Roll Along]]''. There is a character called Tyler who, at the beginning (iei.e. [[Back to Front|the end]]) is introduced as a man who became very rich because he invented the telephone answering machine. Later (ie [[Back to Front|earlier]]), it's 1960 and he's a waiter who is pitching his invention to an investor. The investor hates the idea. He wants something that will actually make money "like this new 3D movie process". (Ironically, 3D movies have made a comeback recentlyin the 2010s, but disappeared because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].)