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Do you remember “Video killed the radio stars?” This song has been stuck in my head for quite some time.

For those who haven’t heard it, the song is about radio being overwhelmed by the video in the early 1980s as the preferred medium for news and entertainment.

The song seems oddly prescient: video (and visual media, in general) is indeed more popular than radio nowadays. However, as large organizations such as the BBC in the UK and NPR here in America will readily testify, radio has not been “killed” by the radio star. Instead, radio has adapted to changing media (such as the Internet) and consumer tastes. And, so it is with technology. Much as we talk about technology’s rapid rate of obsolescence, we forget that outdated technology can also transform to remain relevant.