Learning to See: A myopic looks back to the future

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My high school science teacher back in the 1970s was a geeky guy who loved tech and sci-fi. He once asked the class to imagine the future. Students talked excitedly of flying cars and robotic maids and picture phones!

He wanted us to consider the computer. At the time, a computer was approximately the size of a VW bus and used only by global corporations for tasks none of us…