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NEW RECORDS FOR THE SAME OLD SONG I'm not one to argue against the future. But I am inclined to complain when the future comes too soon. Or when it doesn't work as well as the present. "Progress" has been a cult in this country for so long that what follows may not make any sense to you.

June 2, 1983
RICHARD ROBINSON

HARDWARE/SOFTWARE

RICHARD ROBINSON

NEW RECORDS FOR THE SAME OLD SONG

I'm not one to argue against the future. But I am inclined to complain when the future comes too soon. Or when it doesn't work as well as the present. "Progress" has been a cult in this country for so long that what follows may not make any sense to you. And it will certainly annoy anyone who's been brought up with the idea that progress and improvement are synonymous.

The cult of progress is important, or at least it seems important to our economy. Doubleknit polyester is better than wool, tripleknit poly doesn't wrinkle like cotton, radio isn't as good as television, and who needs to read when they can look at pictures. And if glistening crystals of refined sugar are added to soup and bread then they'll taste better than they used to.

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