In article , David L Peterson
says...

The general public is getting dumber and dumber. Most the
population lives in a world of magic and black boxes. Tehy don't care
how or why thigns work, they just want things to make life easier and
more entertaining.

To be somewhat fair one would have to point out this has
always been true to some degree. During the 20s the black
boxes were radios - and most folks had little idea what
was inside. Then the boxes became TVs, and again only
a small percentage of the population understood the
principles.

I think you are certainly correct though that now most of
the average US citizen's day is occupied with manipulating
machines that are completely obscure to the operator, as
far as the real internal workings go.

The difference is, in the 30s there might have been one
or two items that fit that catagory, and they were strictly
amusement or pleasure devices. Now nearly eveyone simply
cannot do their job when the worm shuts down their computer
network or the power goes off. No gas for the car? No
way to get around. The technology basically has a full
turn around the workers and is starting to squeeze. This
is how constrictors work.

Jim

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