For Decades, Computers Have Been Helping Us

It's Hard Not To Like Asimov; He's A Really Likable Guy.

Governments Are Instituted Among Men, Deriving Their Just Powers From The Consent Of The Governed, That Whenever Any Form Of Government Becomes Destructive Of These Ends, It Is The Right Of The People To Alter Or Abolish It, And To Institute New Government, Laying Its Foundation On Such Principles, And Organizing Its Powers In Such Form, As To Them Shall Seem Most Likely To Effect Their Safety And Happiness.

I Choose Youtube Over Telly.

I'm 17 Years Old. I'm Not A Straight-a Student Or Anything. Even So, I Figured Out How To Make An Internet That They Can't Wiretap. I Figured Out How To Jam Their Person-tracking Technology. I Can Turn Innocent People Into Suspects And Turn Guilty People Into Innocents In Their Eyes. I Could Get Metal Onto An Airplane Or Beat A No-fly List. I Figured This Stuff Out By Looking At The Web And By Thinking About It. If I Can Do It, Terrorists Can Do It. They Told Us They Took Away Our Freedom To Make Us Safe. Do You Feel Safe?

Novels For Me Are How I Find Out What's Going On In My Own Head. And So That's A Really Useful And Indeed Critical Thing To Do When You Do As Many Of These Other Things As I Do.