Farmer Technology Acceptation Index
Posted: June 15th, 2005 | 1 Comment »Inspired by the Big Mac Index, the arguably world’s most accurate financial indicator to be based on a fast-food item, I plan to set up the Farmer Technology Acceptation Index, the arguably world’s most accurate technology acceptation indicator to be based on farmers technological habits:
Farmernomics and its Farmer Technology Acceptation Index is based on the theory that farmer accept technology and innovation uniquely when they are mature for their needs. A too early or too late acceptation directly hits their business more than in any other branch of the economy. In history fondamental innovations statistics, spreadsheets, the Internet, GPS, and more have reached mainstream slightly after farmers had integrated them in their business.
[...] have profound effects for the organization and reproduction of society (that reminded me about the Farmer Technology Acceptation Index). Similarly, infrastructure networks less celebrated than the Internet such as water, sewage, gas [...]