From the day
Perspective: The Future Historian · Tactile
I sit in my stiff denim jeans, the coarse fabric warming under the July sun while I run my thumb across the cold, seamless glass of the new iPhone. These smooth surfaces—the Gorilla Glass of this handset and the matte plastic of the Kindle and Android announcements—mark the tactile border where the physical world begins its slow dissolve into the digital. Looking at the hedge fund managers retreating to their offshore havens, I realize the era of tangible stacks of cash is pivoting toward invisible data. As a boy shouts "This is Sparta!" while diving into the pool, I feel the weight of this sleek device in my palm and sense a radical shift in human touch.