Computer magic. Everyone that uses a computer expects it, people experience it without even knowing it, and most are disappointed when it doesn't live up to what they think it is.
Computer magic is real. Think about the small rectangle in your hand that, somehow, knows where you are and can guide you to some place you would like to be but have no idea how to get there. Think about being able to type your thoughts or other information into, click a button and mere seconds later your recipient is reading your post. No stamps, trips to a mailbox or waiting for days to pass to another person. Even if they are on the other side of the planet! Just like the tales of black magic and witchcraft, computer magic has a price to pay. And that cost is money. You can do just about anything you can think of with the help of modern technology. All you have to do is be able to pay for it. Someone out there can make it happen if the check is big enough.
But lets think about this first. Everyone wants everything in an instant and without effort. But is that possible? Let's put it into perspective. The average car has something like forty thousand moving parts. Think about everything that happens when you turn the key and start the engine. All the electrical, mechanical, and yes computerized components that make the engine purr.
Now consider Microsoft Windows has somewhere around fifty million lines of code. The Mac OS, eighty six million, Android, twelve million and iPhone about ten million. So, when you click that link, launch that app or request some info and lose your mind in twenty seconds because that stupid computer is going so slow, imagine all the parts that are so tirelessly trying to do or get what you want are orchestrating. All the information that's being moved from you computer to another, most likely thousands of miles away. How did people survive when they had to use a pen and a piece of paper, write something on it, then have to get another folded piece of paper, write on it, stick yet another piece of paper on the corner and take it somewhere by hand. The we waited for an eternity for some other poor soul to repeat the process in reverse.
Amazing what we take for granted, all the while we lose our minds because the wheel on our computer screen spins for twenty seconds. Sounds ridiculous doesn't it? It's true, happens over and over everyday. Oh yeah, don't forget how that stupid computer is broken when you can't seem to enter or remember your password either.
