The world is dominated by life-long learners: people who take the time to learn everything they can about their chosen field and everything they can about corresponding subjects. The 400 most successful businesspeople “the Forbes 400″ attribute most of their success to reading at least one non-fiction book a month. But when you have a family and work wants to dominate your time, carving out the time to read all those books can be really difficult. New books on every subject are being published every day. How is one supposed to keep up at work or school, spend time with family and find time to read ten to fifteen extra books a year?

It is amazing to think how technology has changed our lives dramatically in just a few short generations. Most people in their 40s and 50s grew up without cell phones, computers and text messaging. We now have such a tremendous variety of products which were unimaginable to our grandparents. We take a look through time at some people who would have loved massage chairs.