Bill Hall: The machines always win

Machines that have possessed the last three generations of humans will never let us go. Horses we could handle. But not two dominant machines. I speak of the automobile and of the computer. With each generation they control us more. It began with my father’s generation. In the ‘30s, he was drawn toward his first car. In those years, cars and professional mechanics were still few. A large percentage of the first car owners were farmers. If a car malfunctioned and stopped, as they frequently did, the car could not fix itself, just as most horses couldn’t cure themselves. If a car stopped running or broke an axle or blew a tire, the owner was his own mechanic and tire patcher/ Bill Hall , Lewiston Tribune. More here.

Question: Are you aware re: how dependent you are on computers?