Analog Man             I am an analog man. It’s not that I don’t have digital devices, I do. And a couple of them are quality products and actually are improvements over their predecessors. My word processor is infinitely better than my old typewriter. Although digital cameras are expensive, they don’t begin to match the cost…

            In 1970, “futurist” Alvin Toffler wrote a book entitled “Future Shock.” In it, he described the way that our society was changing at an ever-increasing rate. Toffler mused on how this accelerated alteration of our reality could cause psychological and perhaps even physical stress. He called this phenomenon “future shock.” The idea was somewhat…

            Science fiction fans will be familiar with the word “mentat.” With the release of the latest movie version of Frank Herbert’s Dune it may have become a tad more mainstream but I’m guessing it’s still pretty esoteric. In that far future story, computers have been largely replaced by human versions called mentats. If you…