Automation hasn't cut out red tape. It merely perforates it. Before television, nobody even knew what the headache looked like. If God had not given us sticky tape, it would have been necessary to invent it. Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it is supposed to do.
Nothing is as ancient as progress.
Japanese proverb One humiliating thing about science is that it is gradually filling our homes and offices with appliances cleverer than we are. Road maps tell motorist everything he wants to know except how to fold them up again. The new jet age can be defined as breakfast in London, lunch in New York, dinner in San Francisco and luggage in Bulawayo. Very important phone calls only come when you can't get the key in the door. We prefer the old-fashioned alarm clock to the kind that awakens you with soft music or gentle whisper.