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Things change, and you've got to make sure you change with them.

Music and links from this episode

1. Beaches by Alex Vaan
2. Someone Else's Memories by Revolution Void
3. Warm Up Suit by Broke For Free

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1. INTRO
2. A few months ago
3. I went to a restaurant
4. I’ve been to other restaurants since, but I remember this one vividly
5. We sat down to eat food
6. Tapas food actually
7. And there was a group of 18-20 year olds sat down in a group
8. They were all communicating through their phones
9. But to each other
10. And occasionally, one of them showed the other their phone
11. They were all talking to each other
12. But they were communicating with each other in a way I didn’t recognise
13. Communication is changing
14. Or you could say
15. It’s already changed
16. This is AADA, and I’m Craig Burgess
17. PLAY MID SONG
18. Every couple of years
19. A new form of technology comes around
20. That people start outrageously claiming it’ll be the death of something
21. The radio
22. The TV
23. The compact disc player
24. The mini disk player
25. The iPod
26. The iPhone
27. And now, the internet
28. The internet has changed our consumption habits FOREVER
29. The internet has changed our attention spans forever
30. And the internet has changed how we communicate forever
31. Everybody in any kind of media position are struggling to understand it too
32. TV execs are struggling to catch up with it
33. Traditional marketers are struggling to catch up
34. We all talk about the golden days of communication
35. When we all sat down and talked to each other
36. And young people could actually talk to people
37. And we all lived in this nice bubble of talking to each other all of the time
38. The truth is, that golden age never existed
39. Teenagers have never been able to talk to each other
40. But it can’t be denied that the communication methods have changed
41. Things like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, Instagram and everything else
42. Has changed the way we communicate and keep in touch with our friends
43. We’re often constantly in contact with our “friends” now
44. We’re light touch with lots of people
45. Noseying about their perfect side of their lives they showcase on social media
46. And staying friends with all our high school enemies on Facebook
47. Just to see how rubbish their lives are
48. The point I’m getting to
49. Is things have changed
50. And every day, especially on the internet
51. Things change again, and faster than last time
52. Change happens every day
53. An we need to learn to embrace it, and not fight it
54. Not talk about the good old days that were worse than now
55. And not misremember a golden age that never existed
56. We need to appreciate that things change
57. And just because things aren’t how you remembered them
58. It doesn’t make them any less valid, or wrong in some way
59. It’s just new
60. You change every day too
61. And if you want to hold on to the past
62. And stay the same as you’ve always been
63. That’s got a...