”If I have seen further,” wrote Sir Isaac Newton to Robert Hooke, “it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.” Today we all stand on the shoulders of giants who not only have extended our vision of the universe but also, by deftness of mind and technique, have actually invented the modern world.

For both good and bad, the modern is the technological in almost every arena of life. As invention supplants invention, as one change leads to a thousand more changes in an unceasing cycle, we struggle to keep up, to be aware of what’s happening. We are told that, at whatever cost, we must stay “at the cutting edge” of the latest technological devices and fashions.

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