I arrived at this conference by air. There is nothing remarkable in this by itself. Over the years, I have flown to many locations throughout the world without feeling any more of a need to mention the fact than I would to inform you that I filled my car with gasoline last week. But this is my first airline flight in almost eighteen months, and it is my sincere desire that it shall be my last for a long while. It is not that I had no place else to go during this past year and a half. I have … Continue reading XXXIX – A Cost/Benefit Analysis of the Human Spirit: The Luddites Revisited