Norway the odd country out.

Despite having some good universities, scientists and a strong private research in many fields, the Norwegian society is surprisingly lagging behind in many aspects.

​

One such weird situation was with the color TV, which many Norwegian citizens opposed.

​

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrk.no%2Fkultur%2Fnrk-75-ar-1.6071482&edit-text=

​

Norway was the last country in Europe to adopt color TV in 1972, and it was so bad that after color TV started to be the norm, the state TV company (NRK), actually removed the colors from the broadcasts before they were sent. Unfortunately something that led to an improvement in this situation was the fact that some sports event was sent directly, and NRK did not have the tools at their disposal to remove the colors quickly enough.

Norwegian Leif Osvold is famous for thinking the Internet would flop. Read his writings from 1996-

​

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=no&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ha-halden.no%2Fytring%2Fdavid-aleksandersen%2Fsignert%2Finternett-er-en-flopp%2Fo%2F5-20-166953

​

Today we have the same situation, only with bitcoin, lots of negative people around. Esp. politicians and regulators.