Tales of the Golem; or, the Modern Epimetheus

Sic Transit Gloria Mundi

Vinyl records are already a curiosity, and even their descendants, compact discs, are on the way out. In the foreseeable future, we may replace all of our light bulbs with LEDs.

When there are no more records and no more light bulbs, will school children still know who Thomas Edison was? Or will he suffer the fate of Jethro Tull?

posted by Richard Mason @ Saturday, September 03, 2005