<i>A computer is a tool that helps us wonder.</i><p>And flying isn't? Surely it is for some, just as for some it is "merely" a tool for transportation.<p><i>A computer is a tool that helps us wonder.</i><p>So is a book. You don't have to be able to program <i>The Little Prince</i> or <i>The Way Things Work</i> in order for it to help you wonder.<p><i>A computer is a tool that helps us wonder.</i><p>And my mom wonders why it keeps crashing when she tries to check her email. I tried to explain how important it was that she had the freedom to fix the bug herself, but she won't listen. She foolishly is only concerned with checking her email.<p><i>If you can X...</i><p>Which is to say X is not yet a solved problem, or even one known to have a solution. In the meantime: Forgive us all who dare persist contentedly with balloons and dirigibles.