I haven’t yet lived through the transition of a major technological or social paradigm, but I bet either one would make you feel small. Small in the sense of being open to feelings of the sublime, to feeling awe at something so much larger than yourself. How must it feel to live for years in a world you think of as constant, stagnant, comfortable, just to wake up and see the seeds of a new way of living sprout up and out of the ground? What must it feel like for your “common sense” to be no l...

I haven’t yet lived through the transition of a major technological or social paradigm, but I bet either one would make you feel small. Small in the sense of being open to feelings of the sublime, to feeling awe at something so much larger than yourself. How must it feel to live for years in a world you think of as constant, stagnant, comfortable, just to wake up and see the seeds of a new way of living sprout up and out of the ground? What must it feel like for your “common sense” to be no l...