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Why People Hate Google Glass

March 17, 2014 By Dan Rosenbaum

Our friend and colleague Ron Miller has an insightful piece on TechCrunch about why people have a visceral negative reaction to Google Glass. It’s not about Glass, Miller writes — it’s about any new technology. (He nabs an interview on the subject with Dean Kamen, who knows a thing or two about the adoption of new tech.)

For what it’s worth, we think Miller is on to something. We recall walking around town with one of the first Blackberrys — possibly one of the first thousand in the wild. Once people got their heads around the idea of two-way text communication, many of them were downright hostile and dismissive about the idea of having email so readily accessible. We all know how that one played out…

Last updated by Dan Rosenbaum on March 25, 2014.

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