Transitioning to the Intelligent Automation Age

Over the course of my career in the tech industry, I have witnessed the development of a series of social and technological advancements that have radically transformed our world. My theory is that these advancements have occurred in four distinct ages, beginning in 1995, continuing into the present, and forecasting the immediate future. By documenting these waves of advancements, I hope to illustrate our inevitable movement into the Intelligent Automation Age.

Each of these ages builds upon those previous, and the usefulness of each earlier age carries on into the next. Rather than becoming obsolete, they aggregate and lead us to our present circumstances. While the chosen dates for each age are open to debate, my choices reflect a confluence of social and technological advancement that drives the following age.

The Connected Age (1995)
Key Company: Netscape (Founded 1994)
Key Enabling Technology (to build on top of): The Internet

In the early 90s, I was working at a small company in Memphis and working my way through college. I had taken out a loan in my first year of college, but later decided to rebel against the established loan system that was in place, getting a job to fund the rest of my way through school. This choice became foundational to my emerging…