The strangest thing about modern inventions is how quickly they stop feeling new. One day they seem unnecessary or even ridiculous, and a few years later people can't imagine functioning without them.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Human technology isn’t as far removed from science fiction as we might think. Although many of the concepts that science fiction ...

Introduction -- Industrial copies -- Recollection and possession -- The principle of a machine -- Mechanical jurisprudence -- Reissues -- Textual machines -- Organisms as manufactures -- Cultures, ...