![]() We close our eyes to how machines work because they’re hard to understand and it makes us afraid. This sounds partially like wilful ignorance, but also a little like fear-induced blindness. Some suggest it doesn’t matter if we understand how things work as long as they continue to do their jobs. To start with, we have to decide if we really want to know how our things work. ![]() Why should we want to know the way things work? His story has a great deal to do with ancient buildings, quirky alternate histories and mammoths. His work has contributed to some of the most memorable books in history. I want to tell the story of an award winning, veteran technology illustrator, one of the best of our time, the British-American, David Macaulay. I celebrate the science and technology communicators that challenge our ignorance and work hard to explain our things to us. Their parts are shrunk down and they become opaque boxes full of parts we just don’t understand. ![]() ![]() Our mechanical and electronic machines are gradually encapsulated in ever tighter wrappings that hide their function. Does it really matter if we don’t understand the way things work? Over the years, there is a sense that we’ve gradually become distanced from the things we make. ![]()
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