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Midas and Medusa

"The world we have made as a result of the level of thinking we have done thus far creates problems that we cannot solve at the same level at which we created them."

Albert Einstein

A computer drawing is a mismatch of technology.
Information in a computer flows like gold; it has the touch of Midas.
Information printed from a computer has been seen by Medusa; it becomes rigid and inflexible as it turns to stone.
A computer printout robs the goose of it's golden egg.
Have you updated a drawing lately?
On a computer, updating is all there is.


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