An introduction to technology might better be an encyclopedia than a newspaper column. Even today's impressive six-section supplement can't cover the subject.
Technology includes electronic information.
For thousands of years humans have both welcomed, and bemoaned, the arrival of new technology. We are both empowered, and threatened, by it. Twenty-five years ago I wrote a book called Test Pattern for Living , extolling the virtues of the simple life. This week, National Public Radio informs us, the theme is back in style. Not at all.