Shrink Wrapped

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People are the most foolish things there are, sillier than dogs chasing a motorcycle or kittens entertaining a mouse. Shortsighted, credulous, gullible—when it comes to the human race I could go on and on. Take their understanding of “modern” technology, inventions, scientific wonders, for example. We put a few thousand condos on the Moon and people get excited. Well, really, houses with indoor plumbing are nothing new. Yes, they’re on the Moon, but so what? Rockets have been around for well over a thousand years, the ones that take people to and from the Moon are just more refined versions. What’s the big deal? Sure, we’ve got computers in our wallets, video phones on our key chains, we make instant purchases with the press of a thumbprint against the face of a watch, but none of that is really earth-shattering, just an incremental improvement of technology that’s been around for decades. Yet the average citizen thinks it’s all so “modern.” It makes me want to laugh. Then, when a really big breakthrough does come along, a quantum leap in technology, it’s ignored, feared, then driven from the market by a few small minds. How can I say that? From my own tragic personal experience. Who am I?

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