Think about it: if you were sitting there in 1750 trying to figure out the big changes coming to society in the 19th, the 20th centuries, automated machines, computers, artificial intelligence, a programmable flute entertaining the Parisian elite would have been as powerful a clue as anything else at the time.
Tenk på det: Hvis du satt der i 1750 og prøvde å finne ut de store forandringene i samfunnet i det 19. og 20. århundre, automatiske maskiner, datamaskiner, kunstig intelligens, en programmerbar fløyte som underholdte eliten i Paris ville vært et like sterkt hint som noe annet på den tiden.