Perhaps the finest achievement of mankind, other than the chairlift of course, is the silicon transistor & integrated circuit. When you process it at a base layer we have taught rocks how to think.
I’ll say that again: WE HAVE TAUGHT ROCKS HOW TO THINK.
Place that now smarter rock into a powered device, with input/output systems, storage, memory, and a connection to all the other thinking rocks we’ve created and the potential is truly unlimited. I get very excited when I think about all we have created and my very small role in making it all happen.
Imagine what we can do!
Then I go out into the world and look around, only to see my fellow humans using these amazing devices…
…to play solitaire.