On 9/16/2013 3:44 PM, Peter Loron wrote:
> I'm always fascinated by how things are made. Just today, for example,=20
> I was examining an Apple aluminum remote. It's an intriguing bit of=20
> machine work, and I'm still not sure how they make some of the cuts. I=20
> can't fathom not wanting to know... I'm trying _very_ hard to install=20
> a sense of critical skepticism in my kids. Every time I show them=20
> something, I make sure to ask them *WHY*. -Pete=20

  I see a lot of kids that are very apathetic about everything. They=20
readily accept being told this is how it is without even questioning why=20
it is.

On youtube look for the national geographic ultimate factory coca-cola=20
plant video. The plant produces hundreds of thousands of sodas daily and=20
the entire plant is automated. Looks odd to see a factory that large=20
with only a couple people walking around , just enough to repair or=20
notice a failure. I sometimes wonder if we are engineering ourselves out=20
of a future.

Mark


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