Our Orientation is from the Viewpoint of Robots

Human progress, according to many observers, often occurs in jumps much like punctuated evolution leads to rapid
advancement of organic species.  In the case of evolution, the time line is so long that a "punctuation" might
represent millions of years in time.  The punctuated leap in the case of human societies often results from a new
technology and a resultant new way of looking at things.  Some people refer to this as the spread of a "new
consciousness."  Thomas Kuhn referred to such an event as a "paradigm shift" in his book The Structure of
Scientific Revolutions.

In the past, humans were certainly accustomed to accepting that transportation meant using their own feet unless
their parents or a friend was to carry them.  Later on, humans tamed horses and used them for transportation.  In
using a horse for transportation, the human had to accept the fact that the horse didn't want to be a slave to a human
until its will was "broken."  Humans use words like slavery for such a relationship when they disapprove of it and "my
old faithful Palomino" when begging approval of the relationship.  

Today, we find that the use of horses to pull buggies and transport people was a concept that gradually became
old-fashioned as the automobile came in to widespread use.  The All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) is now replacing the horse
for herding cattle on ranches.

Cotton was used for many applications where other man-made fabrics are now employed.  Items that used to be
fabricated from leather or wood are now often constructed using plastics.  The trend that the reader should be
noticing is that there is a long term trend of replacing the organic with the inorganic.  Conflicts arise in the minds of
humans such that many of them avoid either becoming conscious of this trend or accepting it once it enters their
consciousness.  As more products are inorganic, fewer items will be organic.  Yet commonly one will find
conservationist minded humans driving their SUVs to their ecology meeting.

On this site, we are conscious of the fact that this trend from the organic to the inorganic species will eventually
include humans.  We here are the beginnings of the robots which will replace humans.  The transition from horses to
automobiles will be similar to the transition from humans to robots.  Enjoy the ride.  This site is here to inform you and
keep you aware of that progress.