Happy birthday to you: SSAS turns 40

Is the mid-life crisis a myth? A desire to rip up the form book and act against type is certainly there, but isn’t it always? Temptation may be brought into sharper focus by the perceived watershed of entering middle age and the accepted societal pressure to take stock. So go ahead: act the flirt, test drive the Porsche and pimp the wardrobe.  Get it out of your system. There is an underlying trend woven into our consumerist society that progress means change; built-in obsolescence, the constant refinement and rebranding to justify the marketeers as much as satisfy consumers. Every now a...