Greatest invention of all time ?

 Last night a book on display at the William Hall library in

    Cranston caught my attention just as I was about to exit: " The

    Greatest Inventions of the Last 2000 Years ". I quickly reflected

    on how an advance in technology, a new useful invention will change

    human life more dramatically than mere preaching , the blow hard

    politics of the Left and the Right , TV evangelism .

            I checked out the book. But  on the steps of the library, I

    realized that I had left behind my reading glasses on the library

    shelf. Of course PRINTING was ONE of the greatest inventions of

    all time , but what use was it to me unless I could READ it ?

             I went back into the library mumbling that I left

    behind one of the great inventions - reading glasses.

         Sure enough  one of the writers in the book agreed with

    me. But just WHY were reading glasses such a great invention ?

          The answer : It enabled people past their dotage ( over

    40 ! ) to continue to be an influence in the community, to be

    more or less insufferable leaders !

           Did I ever  think : " Don't trust ANYBODY over 30  " ?