An eroding sense of marvel

We stay in a science fiction universe.

A $20 dose of penicillin was priceless a century in the past.

The 5 cents (a nickel!) we spend to gentle our house might need been the type of factor we wanted to commerce an hour of labor for just a few generations in the past.

The power to press a button and speak to anybody, by video, anyplace on the planet–it wasn’t even mentioned till not too long ago, and now it’s basically free.

“In comparison with what?” is a strong query. Evaluating the miracles of proper now to what our mother and father anticipated is a helpful method to discover context and keep away from ennui.

It’s simple to get hooked on the miracle of the second, and to think about that the following miracle have to be much more superb. And on the similar time, we will take a tough have a look at the true issues folks face and resolve that no miracle is sufficient.

However marvel is a selection, and we will discover it if we search for it.

April 7, 2025