High technology is a little like some pacific islands, that are formed from magma swelling up from the depths of the earth. At first, they are desolate and empt

High technology is a little like some pacific islands, that are formed from magma swelling up from the depths of the earth. At first, they are desolate and empty, but life quickly colonizes them. You can live in paradise, eating the fruit, and riding the huge waves, serene and zen-like or yelling righteous! righteous! As others come, some set themselves up as kings, living in grand huts, riding the people and telling them what to do. Until one day, the earth opens up again and molten rock flows out, destroying the works of man, destroying whole islands and creating others. I want to be absolutely clear on this next point: engineers in no way control or direct this wave of lava. They surf it.