…wonderful filing system. Once you get to know this wave, you know that you know the same distance from Charlemagne to Henry Ford as from Amenhotep to Hannibal, and you know you're able to see these distance time relationships. You understand history. It…

…walking around in an unfurnished office of a third rate bureaucrat somewhere. It looks pretty grim. But on the other hand, when Henry Ford built his automobile the main objection people had as to why it would never catch on was: there are no roads, you…