New electronic data processing machines are being assembled. Yes, new progress is being made because the electron—the smallest particle in nature—has been harnessed to count and brought to the aid of scientists and businessmen who are expanding the frontiers of knowledge.
After all, the real barrier is time. The shape of things to come may now be resolved in decades instead of centuries. The years may be compressed, the future stream accelerated, because the human mind has been relieved of much repetitive work, allowing it to devote itself to creative thinking.
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