Letters to the Editor
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Ditto
HH writes:"...Big money means big, slow organizations. It also means big corruption by small-minded self-serving hucksters that worm their way to the top using lies and intimidation. Sorry to say, it’s just the way the world works. It’s a law of physics: the scum rises to the top. Unfortunately, or perhaps from another point of view fortunately, big technological leaps today have the natural governor of the corruption and the inefficiency of the big organizations that create them.
The good news is progress will only be slowed; it won’t be stopped. The first home computers were created by a few guys in a computer club and one of them turned it into a major corporation. This is the exception to my rule, but only because the dream was pure. We need more people like Steve Jobs. And then one day you’ll have your flying cars and rocket belts."
Great piece, HH....I'll bet even money, from the tone of your commentary, your SF patron saint was also that of the futuristic small business entrepreneur. Of course, I'm talking about Bob Heinlein.