New things, new ideas arrived and strutted their stuff and were vilified by some and then lo! that which had been a monster was suddenly totally important to the world.
Terry Pratchett’s quote beautifully encapsulates the cyclical nature of innovation and societal acceptance. It is a poignant reflection on how society often reacts with fear, suspicion, or outright hostility toward new ideas or technologies when they first appear. These innovations are metaphorically described as 'monsters' – strange, perhaps frightening, and misunderstood. Yet, paradoxically, it is these very ideas that become essential to progress and the shaping of the future. The initial...