[Ipg-smz] Carly Simon's Safe and Sound song (circa 1974) has renewed relevance

[Phil Shapiro]

She sings of a world where everything is upside down. 

[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPpZ0Z-TbTs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPpZ0Z-TbTs ] 

The new verse for 2018 would go -- 

Apple Airpods for $149 cost $20 more than Core i7 laptop 
with 12 gigs of RAM. 

[ https://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Airpods-Wireless-Bluetooth-Headset-Earbuds-White-MMEF2AM-A/392113307166?_trkparms=%26rpp_cid%3D5a15d5c822ed47541f686e2d%26rpp_icid%3D5be4f40b0dd6851c71b42606 | https://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Airpods-Wireless-Bluetooth-Headset-Earbuds-White-MMEF2AM-A/392113307166?_trkparms=%26rpp_cid%3D5a15d5c822ed47541f686e2d%26rpp_icid%3D5be4f40b0dd6851c71b42606 ] 

[ https://twitter.com/philshapiro/status/1062241301788352518 | https://twitter.com/philshapiro/status/1062241301788352518 ] 

Long ago, my great grandma told me, "Peripherals ain't supposed to cost more than the whole darn computer. If so, you're confusing the Jacquard loom yarn with the Jacquard loom." 

phil 

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"Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates 
"Learning happens thru gentleness." 
"We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options." David Suzuki 
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