High technology — very, very high
I just sent my first email from 36,000 feet, flying somewhere over Iowa or maybe Nebraska now.
Which means we should all watch that excellent Louis CK video again:
We live in a time of wonders.
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While it certainly doesn’t apply to your blog, I am reminded of the remark of Thoreau: “We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate.”
I was having dinner with my niece and her husband in a restaurant a few days ago and I mentioned a funny quote from Samuel Goldwyn. Her husband pulled out his Blackberry and Googled Sam Goldwyn. Dozens of his quotes popped up. 10 or 12 years ago, that would have been science fiction.