grumpy
June 18, 2002 – 3:06 pmI think the pervasiveness of computing has made us less sensitive to scientific and technological discovery. It seems to me that before everyone owned a computer, we were all interested in how science was coming along. Now we're mostly interested in gigahertz and bandwidth (and of course, recently we're concerned with the technology of war).
Among world-altering news items that make, at best, the back page:
- Planetary system found that resembles ours
- Australian Teleport Breakthrough
No matter how advanced we become, we find ourselves always lost in half-knowledge, swarmed with wonders.
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