Announcing "The Big Switch"

Yes indeed, our new digital destiny is well underway. Before the time that digital was a twinkle in somebody’s eye Johann Wolfgang Goethe had it right,

“Man supposes that he directs his life and governs his actions, when his existence is irretrievably under the control of destiny.”

Your previous post, Rules for Warbots, juxtaposed with, The Big Switch, follows the same rules of engagement.

Not a destiny that is pre-determined but one that gives us the opportunity to shape it! I applaud you for using the word “destiny” but until we recoil from the insanity that is unfolding and take control of the destruction of our world, until we do Goethe’s words will prove to be right. Alan.

Edison is an interesting case. It was Westingouse who lit up the Chicago Columbian Exposition, with the help of Canadian physicist Reginald Fessenden, who perfected a cheap lightbulb for him. Edison could never get it right, and let Fessenden go.

Edison was also obsessed with DC, which was a mistake.

Henry Adams is the future?

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