Stitches

Engineering weaves ideas and technologies into the fabric of society, first intriguing the world with the sharp needle of novelty and ingenuity, and then slowly altering the very stitches of history in a continually evolving process. Encounters with such technologies that were at a time "once in a lifetime" occurrences become mingled with common practice and daily life. A ride in an automobile, once an exhilarating experience, becomes as desensitized and simple as walking down the block. Picking up a device loaded with an entire music library eclipses the drop of a needle to the vinyl. A trip to the moon, perhaps, like a run to the grocery store for some bread and milk. The small individual stitches of engineering flow into the ever growing seam of life.

Current Mood: Tired

Listening To: "A Man Needs a Maid/Heart of Gold Suite" by Neil Young