Technological Transformation

A brief history of technology

Old unused computers and monitors sit in the main hall of the Shanghai Stock Exchange August 18, 2009. China's stock market showed signs of stability on Tuesday morning after tumbling 5.8 percent on Monday, its biggest daily percentage drop in nine months, hit mainly by profit-taking after a 90-percent stock market rally earlier this year got far ahead of China's economic recovery. REUTERS/Nir Elias (CHINA BUSINESS)

The rate of technological adoption is increasing in the United States. Image: REUTERS/Nir Elias

Jeff Desjardins
Founder and editor, Visual Capitalist
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