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Acknowledgments

This book is dedicated to my daughter, Tina, who turned my attention away from how I might look at the world toward what the young people today might see as more important. If she could see such a disparity between what generations might desire, this started me thinking about how things might be played out 100 years from now, taking into account accelerating technology incomprehensible in the not too distant past. Would she, her children, and grandchildren still want open spaces to run around in, or would they feel more comfortable connected to their devices and become self-sufficient within some electronic cocoon? Her prompting this line of thinking filled me with dread at such prospects but eventually led me to the conclusion ...