Monday, April 7, 2008

Technology as Magic

Weather people believe it or not, we are living in a golden age. People will look back on this era and marvel at all that we have. We have command over time, distance, information, and in some cases death and disease. Things that 200 or 300years ago would have killed a man, are now easily cured. People can be dead for minutes, and be brought back to life with little or no ill effects.

Trips that in the past would have taken days or weeks, can now be made in hours. We have access to information, and can see events occuring in the world instantly, even though we stand thousands of miles away. We can talk to people half way around the world as though they were next door. All of this continually amazes me.

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