Progress? Ah, yes! I remember it well!

Sunbeam T-20

iPhones clearly exercise the most extraordinary fascination upon the American mind. It’s impossible to go anywhere today—restaurants, airports, hospital waiting rooms, ballgames—without encountering hordes of people staring, seemingly witlessly, at tiny rectangular screens.

It’s not so different, I suppose, from the New York daily commute s of 30 years ago when like numbers of . . . → Read More: Progress? Ah, yes! I remember it well!