Timeline for A word for the moment when you realise technology has outpaced you
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| Nov 24, 2016 at 15:07 | history | edited | rhetorician | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 19, 2016 at 23:02 | comment | added | rhetorician | @jaxter: Agreed. Good points! Don | |
| Nov 19, 2016 at 13:56 | comment | added | jaxter | "Caught up short" can be used for any situation where the subject is unprepared for developments. It can occur in a situation such as the OP's, but isn't limited to a problem caused by lack of skills. It can pertain to not having enough funds, being overtaken by events (being Trumped, for example), or just being too shocked by a surprise to react effectively. | |
| Nov 18, 2016 at 18:41 | history | answered | rhetorician | CC BY-SA 3.0 |