2017-01-21T12:51:29Ztag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/thread/post/when-you-can-t-do-it-alltag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/1292/44902017-01-21T12:51:29ZSursumCorda<p>Ah, a fellow Heinlein fan! Or at least a reader. Actually, I never did like <em>Stranger</em>, nor any of his adult novels, but cut my teeth on his juveniles and loved his future history series. It was fascinating to re-read <em>Citizen</em> and see how much he got both right and wrong in 1957. The part where the trader reaches for his &quot;pocket calculator&quot; was so far from reality in the 50's, but might have been written today (except that it would have been his phone). However, while computers controlled the ship, they were themselves controlled by analog means: dials, buttons, switches.</p>tag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/1292/44892017-01-21T10:29:47ZDiane Villafane<p>I grok this fully. To keep one's sanity, one MUST make room for doing what one enjoys. Peace to you!</p>