How Do You Analyze Technology?

I'm curious, you talked about studying history, and now you're mostly known for your work analyzing technology. I'd also love to just get your perspective on even the word history is backward, looking in time. How do you bridge thatw ways, those ways of thinking? Well, there's always sort of patents in technology. Of course, the paternts happen quickly. You know, it's like studying fruit flies. Instead of studying elephants, i suppose, you know, you get ration is pretty fast,. A few years ago, i met the cof a giant utility company, a giant water company, and they said maybe innovation is one of our topi priorities this