The best way technology can serve our future is by avoiding the stupid now. Every time I board a plane, a peculiar sensation overtakes me. I can’t help but envision how a caveman might react upon witnessing this colossal “iron bird” soaring effortlessly through the skies. I imagine the poor fellow would likely lose his mind — or perhaps just faint — considering that, since the dawn of civilization, the heavens have been the exclusive domain of mythical creatures, angels, gods, and of course, birds. For millennia, the sky remained the one frontier humankind… Read More
Thiel , the Plane and the Caveman
