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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Internet Life
THE
FRANKLIN INSTITUTE IS COOL. The times we live in. Mrs. CP found
this, no doubt because we have a red-tailed hawk family that nests in our
yard year after year. We watch them fly in with the nest makings
for days every spring, but we never get to see what's showing on the
Internet now -- the live 24/7 process of hatching eggs and caring for
the young.People talk a lot about the downside of technology's virtual thrills, but that's only part of the story. I'm amazed that this supposedly unreal and soul-destroying electronic universe can leap the gap between our bay window and the natural drama unfolding invisibly a hundred yards away.
The race of mankind has its faults, to be sure, but it is also capable of extraordinary wonders.
