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Nobody Wants A Prediction That The Future Will Be More Or Less Like The Present, Even If That Is, Statistically Speaking, An Excellent Prediction.

We Collectively Have A Special Place In Our Heart For The Manned Space Flight Program - Apollo Nostalgia Is One Element, But That Is Only Part Of It. American Culture Worships Explorers - Look At The Fame Of Lewis And Clark, For Example. The American People Want To Think Of Themselves As Supporting Exploration.

When I Was About Nine Years Old, I Announced To My Mother That I Was Going To Cook Thanksgiving Dinner. And I Went To The Library And Got This Whole Pile Of Books. I'd Love To Say It All Turned Out Great. It Didn't. But, Sort Of, From That Point On, Whenever There Was Serious Cooking At Home, I Was The One Who Did It.

Technological 'revolutions' Don't Really Overthrow Anything - They Simply Append A New And Dynamic Market To That Which Went Before.

The New Revolution In Cooking Can Be Viewed In Two Ways. One Is That You Can Take Any Traditional Food And Apply Modern Techniques. The Other Approach Is To Create Food That Is Quite Different Than Anything That Has Existed Before.