General Info
What is disruptive technology?
Disruptive technology is some kind of innovation to a product or company that usually replaces an already existing product or company because of its improvements and/or ability to keep up with society.
Nowadays almost everyone uses a GPS, whether it is on their phone, or their car, they use it. But what did people do before GPS?
What is a map!
What have taxis evolved to be in today's world?
What is Uber/Lyft!
Name one example of disruptive technology (besides Blockbusters --> RedBox --> Netflix)
I shall decide if your answer is appropriate.
Today we get a LOT of our information from many different places, for instance, the news on TV, Twitter, or any other online outposts, but where did people get their information from before these?
What is Newspapers & Magazines!
What is AirBnBs!!!
Name one reason disruptive technology is bad.
It gets rid of many people jobs, it causes change, it ends entire businesses, etc.
Today we obviously have many gas stations, but although most people go for gas, there are also stores, where you can buy snacks, drinks, lottery tickets, etc. What was it before gas stations?
Bonus: Why do both of these benefit the public?
What is a dairy. Before gas stations, there were a bunch of drive-thru dairy's. This is one of the ones you could say each of these benefits the public in different ways.
Bonus: Gas Stations are nice because you can fill up your car and get something to eat/drink at the same time, dairy's were drive-thru, which means people do not have to leave the comfort of their cars! Both save time.
Name one of the up-and-coming disruptive technologies that could replace something any day now.
AI, space colonization, 3D printing, medical enhancement, high-speed travel, robotics, VR, self-driving cars, etc.
Name one reason disruptive technology is good.
It causes change and improvement, it because faster/more efficient, etc.
This might be a tougher one! Today we have Craigslist, Glassdoor, and LinkedIn... but what company/product/idea did these stem from?
What is 'Classified Ads' or Newspaper Ads!
Obviously today we have cars. These cars have been extremely helpful to us in our day-to-day lives. Name the idea that came before cars, and what comes after!
What is carriages, public transportation, self-driving cars, high-speed travel!!