Space suddenly became a topic of urgent public attention on October 4, 1957 when a tiny Soviet satellite chirped alarming evidence of technological superiority.
It makes an otherwise difficult issue funny and opens up just enough space to give people the comfort they need to face this tough topic and start taking action.
As my colleague James McQuivey summed it up recently, this platform war is also expanding into the TV space even though Apple did not make any specific announcement on this topic yet.