We should be glad in this instance it was merely bits down a pipe, then. The written word has been a powerful tool for spreading adoption of new ideas since the

We should be glad in this instance it was merely bits down a pipe, then. The written word has been a powerful tool for spreading adoption of new ideas since the printing press; the mere sense of prevalence of an idea throughout the world should inform the reader of something about the world they are living in, if not something fundamental about humanity.