Geek Mystique

Most Americans seem to rate the computer as more important than the TV but less important than the automobile, according to a recent poll. In a survey conducted earlier this year by the Luntz Research Companies, when asked whether their car or computer will be more important in their life in the year 2007, 55 percent of respondents said the car, 41 percent said the computer, and 4 percent didn't know or refused to answer. In another question, three of four g enerations of Americans said computers and networking have had more impact as technological developments in the past 20 years than TV (see the chart for more info). Only retirees felt that cable TV and VCRs have had more impact.

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Which Technology Has Had the Greatest Impact?

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