“If you look in your dictionary you will find: Titans – A race of people vainly striving to overcome the forces of nature. Could anything be more unfortunate than such a name, anything more significant?”
~Arthur Rostron, Captain of the rescue ship Carpathia
This photograph is believed to be the last for the HMS Titanic, before it sank.
Everyone bragged on the Titanic in its time. It was too large to fail, it was unsinkable, and it was unthinkable that disaster could strike them. All those rich people would not have scrambled for tickets on the Titanic if they knew it was going to sink.
Sorry, but this still reminds me a little of radio as we vainly strive to overcome our own forces of nature. I am told almost daily that radio is in great shape and always will be. But actually, I can’t stop, because I remember history.
I am not anti-radio, and understand what it has done for me, but I can’t accept that everything will be as it was.
Change is inevitable, a part of life. The radio industry is changing and won’t be the same tomorrow as it was yesterday.
The days of radio, television and print as the dominant media are ending, and the era of audio, video, digital and social have begun.
Toward the end of the Titanic’s cruise there were several things that were missed or neglected. Had they acted on any of them the ship’s name “Titanic” wouldn’t mean anything to us. I’m wondering if we’re not seeing the signs and ignoring them, and are headed to a similar end?
Don’t fear change, embrace it! Make change happen, don’t wait for it to happen.
