A wry commentary on the weirdness of modern life.





This is a book for anyone who has wondered how we
inhabit this surreal world with a new set of youngsters that live in the fantasyland and although are
experts in Whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter plus all the gadgets you can imagine, they do not know the difference
between a Picasso and a Warhol painting let alone discerning Chopin from
Debussy.





Someone once said that the Orientals invented
gunpowder to use for fireworks during the festive seasons only to have the West
turn it into a base for destruction by producing firearms. Man's use of modern
science, be it nuclear power, television, smart phones, motor cars, information
technology including the monstrous Internet can all be consider in a similar
vein. Although the potential to improve mankind's short stay on this planet
with the use of these new discoveries and inventions is there, man somehow
continues to allow evil to creep in and dominate over good.





This is a highly entertaining and witty collection of
tales based around the follies and fascinations of modern technology and
philosophical analysis as well as stories that are based on fact. Managing
simultaneously to be both humorous and serious, the author portrays a variety
of scenarios in which man becomes increasingly dominated and influenced by his
own machines and bizarre creations. Other narratives take the form of anecdotes
or personal adventures where human dram plays a central role. There is
something for everyone; even computer lovers will be entertained and amused by
the author's images of the future in a collection of pieces which could be
described as modern morality fables, albeit with some rather original and
unexpected twists.