That magnificent 6-inch orb that rests on top of our shoulders is really an amazing contraption. It has the capability of understanding, analyzing, predicting, and improving the most complex, abstract, and intricate of concepts. The results of such thinking have sent astronauts to the moon and safely back to earth. We’ve witnessed satellites deployed to pinpoint destinations previously unexplored in our universe. We’ve made gigantic strides in prolonging life and curing disease.
When you consider the information base today compared to just 50 years ago…it boggles the mind how far we have advanced. 200 years ago? The knowledge we possess in 2009 versus 1809 is….well, let’s just say it’s “incomparable.” Remember the legendary story about President McKinley wanting to close the U.S.
Patent Office in 1899 because everything worthwhile had already been invented? (I can’t validate—but we won’t let the truth get in the way of a good story.) Continue Reading