Expectations can be terrible things. I'm driving a Toyota now instead of a Volkswagen, but I still sit in traffic. I read in the paper each morning about corrupt prisons, sexual harassment in the workplace, and AIDS and lung cancer are still real problems. But it's not all bad. Clearly, there's constant technological growth.
Computers are as common as coffeepots.
Their capabilities are amazing. Forty years ago, a computer filled an entire room, today, the Palm Pilot fits in your hand. Feel free to take this publication and a year s supply of toilet paper into the bomb shelter with you. Positive innovation is evident in other areas as well. Western medicine has opened the door to eastern healing modalities, such as Reiki, acupuncture and acupressure.