Modern Magic
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
–Clarke’s Third Law
OK, so it’s not India — Israel’s only 6,200 miles away from Minnesota, not 8,000.
But, that’s where my 14 year-old son was this morning when he diagnosed and fixed my Internet connection problem (we were communicating via FaceTime, and I held up the camera to the PC monitor, whereupon he directed me to the appropriate pull-down menu(s).
Call that modern technology miracle #1.
Miracle #2: FaceTime for free(?).
Imagine video chatting with your family from half a planet away (supposedly for free, but I’m waiting for the July bill before I relax).
Next, I pointed the smartphone camera at the family Golden Retriever, who spent the next 15 minutes looking for the kids at the front door.