... one could make an argument that today is a golden age of pretty much anything. We’re fortunate to live in a wealthy, mostly peaceful and free society, one that values inquiry, and in which we have tremendous technology and techniques available at our disposal far exceeding those people of the past ever dreamed. I dare say its true that we have more of pretty much everything, more people studying everything, amazing technical excellence in every field, and incredible scholarship about how almost everything really was in the past.However, he also pointed out the distinction between this type of golden age and the other golden ages people often associate with:
... when we think about a golden age in the past, we think of the time in which those greatest of works were produced. We talk of the golden age of Athens, when those most primal works of western civilization were created.Of course, the article was about creativity in urban planning. However, isn't this in some way even more applicable to web technology today? Nowadays, the internet is more ubiquitous than any time in the past 20 years. Everyone uses the internet. It's accessible, easy to use, and very powerful! At the same time, I would also argue that this is also the golden age of web technology, in the sense that innovation is constantly happening. Just a couple of years ago, Facebook and Twitter revolutionized the web. Now, smartphones and 3G internet are adding a whole new dimension to the internet. The possibilities seem endless now.
In this way, I see that it's perhaps the best time to learn and gain expertise in the field of web technology. In fact, it is the field where much of the innovation is still going on and everyone can perhaps participate in the next technological revolution. Even if you aren't pursuing a career in the field, don't you want to be actively part of something big that is happening right now?
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