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The wheel, electricity, running water, flushing toilets, flying machines, the personal computer. All mere tools. All have profoundly affected humanity.I have been around since before personal computers (not before the other things). I don’t think it is any exaggeration to say they have profoundly affected our lives (in both good and bad ways).</p>
<p>One of my favorite old stories was of a family sitting together and someone asked what modern convenience they would not want to do without. Most people answered dishwasher, microwave, washing machine. The the Granny said “running water”. We just get too used to these “tools” that we take them for granted and don’t realize the huge impact they have on our lives.</p>