The Merging of the Technical and the Social

The last big event, was the Industrial Revolution - that changed us completely. So much so, we could no longer recognize ourselves - and saw ourselves as an enemy of a new world order. That indeed, did bring the Northern World, great prosperity and scientific advances - especially in Medicine.

The next big event was the arrival of the Computer. And these two events ran for awhile, in the last half of the last Century, on separate tracks - with the Computer getting more and more important, and taking over more of the Economy.

Then, the two tracks merged - creating immense confusion. This is where we are now - in the middle of a train wreck, where almost no one, knows what is going on.

I do have some idea, not because of my native intelligence (that is fairly low, actually) but because I have been dragged along, in the creation of new Software technologies. I am sitting here, in my pajamas, in front of my laptop, that has a fast Internet connection.

Yes, boys and girls, Software is now where it's at. Although almost no one recognizes this. And it has dragged in, with it - the importance of Information. Something we had ignored, until now.

Allow me to put this another way - and speak of Code, in contrast to Prose. This was a huge advance - the written word, that with the Printing Press, changed us completely. And drowned us in words.

Code, by contrast, uses few words - but accomplishes much. This can be easily seen with the Phone,  that everyone has in their pocket. They can drag this out - and instantly - they are intelligent beings, able to access Information from anywhere in the world.

They do not understand what they are looking at - but they are entertained by it, which to them, is more important.

Their Phone is sending Code to the Cloud - and getting Code back from it. And the Cloud is stashing a lot of information about you, and what you are interested in. And then selling your information to the highest bidder.

You are not being sold, as you were, when you were slaves. Only your information, that is much more compact, and easier to sell.