We have lost so much more than we have gained.
In my lifetime, the above picture represents the technological progression to date. For the youngsters from left to right, vacuum tube, transistor, and integrated circuit. When I was a young boy, the world ran on vacuum tubes. TVs were huge and the vacuum tubes needed a minute to warm up to produce a picture and sound. Those early TVs needed periodic maintenance too. We had a TV repairman who came every so often to change out the vacuum tubes that were getting weak.By no means, this era was not perfect for everyone. Our Black sisters and brothers…