Chapter 16. How Computers Use Power
THINGS are not as they seem. We’re pretty smug in our universe, where events unfold evenly and seamlessly. Cars don’t simply stop; they come to a stop. It takes time. A pendulum swings smoothly and predictably. Any time something moves from A to C, it passes an infinity of points B along the line. The light at the end of the tunnel gradually grows brighter. We are so comfortable with a perception of the world that is smooth and continuous, we’ve learned not to notice the finite increments of space and time in which things really do happen. We know that moving pictures are not moving; they appear to move because ...
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