@ZachWeinersmith #Alt4You 5-panel comic: a bearded grandfather & his adult redhead grandson talk under a night sky.
GS: Grandpa, I don't get it. How is it that we are so much richer and more knowledgeable than people 100 years ago, and yet all the time we're busy and anxious and sad.
GP: You can't punch stuff anymore.
GP: Two things used to be true: 1, people generally knew how their devices worked. 2, most of the devices in life were large and stupid. Hand-tools, carts, chairs, stoves. (more)

@ZachWeinersmith #Alt4You (continued)
GP: The result was that, when a machine wasn't working, the solution was to beat it like it'd slept with your wife. Bash it with a hammer. Jam a knife into it. Pry it apart with an ax or a crowbar.
GP: Today when your computer suddenly loses all your wor, what do you do? Internalize the anger. Eat it. If you do beat something, it's an old technology like the table or wall, but you have to treat the actual source of the problem like royalty. (more)