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Crayson Donating Member (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-13-06 09:52 AM
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27. Looking into the future too far rarely makes sense
It will make sense to us THEN.
IF we don't miss the evolution and become obsolete.

Most inventions only make sense when they are done and we find out the use of it.
Like the estimated numbers of computers needed for all the world was: 3 ?
Back then in the cold war in about 1950 or so... ?

Or like agriculture explained to a hunter/gatherer tribe?
Why would they need to plant stuff? They just collect it.

And thus we can't see over the horizon of the next major breakthrough which might give us all new ideas and directions and methods.
But when we're there, it WILL make sense.
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