In his sometimes-funny online humor column , Joe Lavin of Cambridge, Mass., posted a similar poll last spring. Which, of course, would also solve the computer glitch problem. We should check it at the door. On their curious Web site, based on their 1997 book, the Northern Virginia writers talk with great anticipation about the near future. Sounds like James Bond. 007.
Economic disaster is possible.
Asked about the notion that things will just get better and better, the serene-voiced Strauss gets slightly more hysterical than historical. Never never never never. But the result of the society-altering event will be a better world. On the Web site, people post messages about the world around them and try to put things in perspective. The authors occasionally weigh in.