Results: Obsolescence
"The radio and the telephone and the movies that we know may just be passing fancies, and in time may go!" So wrote Ira Gershwin for the lyrics to George Gershwin's song "Love is Here to Stay" in 1938. The radio, telephone and movies are still here, though in evolved forms. This survey is about things that are becoming less used and if you think they may go.
1.
1.
Wired telephones in homes and businesses. Here to stay or will go? Here to stay
21%
•
330 votes
Will go in the near future
40%
•
638 votes
Will go in the more distant future
26%
•
417 votes
Not Applicable
13%
•
215 votes
2.
2.
Coins and currency, in other words, cash. Here to stay or will go? Here to stay
41%
•
654 votes
Will go in the near future
17%
•
274 votes
Will go in the more distant future
29%
•
468 votes
Not Applicable
13%
•
204 votes
3.
3.
Desktop computers, regardless of operating system. Here to stay or will go? Here to stay
46%
•
740 votes
Will go in the near future
17%
•
273 votes
Will go in the more distant future
23%
•
375 votes
Not Applicable
13%
•
212 votes
4.
4.
Gasoline powered vehicles? Here to stay or will go? Here to stay
45%
•
725 votes
Will go in the near future
12%
•
186 votes
Will go in the more distant future
30%
•
484 votes
Not Applicable
13%
•
205 votes
5.
5.
Are you sad when older technology is replaced? Yes, I feel nostalgic and miss it
38%
•
604 votes
Yes, but the newer stuff is better and more advanced
25%
•
393 votes
No, out with the old and in with the new
17%
•
269 votes
Other, I will leave a comment in the Comments section
4%
•
66 votes
Not Applicable
17%
•
268 votes
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