Now this is the point. You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded—with what caution—with what foresight—with what dissimulation I went to work! I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before...
Mr. Dertouzos reframes this old dichotomy in the language of the new technology and takes the centrist position: reason and technology enhance, not oppose, feelings and human connections. Technology is fun and spiritual, amusing and unifying. It is, in short, the perfect synthesis of Jetson and...