Poignant commentary from my father, written more than 30 years ago. Dad was a regular volunteer at Philadelphia's Franklin Institute Museum. He loved his job, especially when he encountered the rare bright-eyed child who was anxious to dig deeper in that treasure trove of knowledge. All too often, however, he was dismayed by the attitude and behavior of many of the museum's visitors, especially the adults who were supposed to be minding the children.
The man at the Franklin Institute in charge of the Unisys information terminals that are scattered about the museum spends a lot of time working up the information on the terminals and keeping it up to date. Now people are asking him what is in the terminals; they don't want to find out for themselves.
Rome fell when its citizens wanted bread and circuses. Will we fall when people only want bread and television?
Bringing his question forward into this century,
Will we fall when people ony want junk food and screens?
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