CXXIII
the first automatic deep fryer was born in australia in 1972 it was given the wonderfully descriptive name set n forget. a boon to fast food companies and restaurants as now the staff in charge of cooking fries could could now turn their attention to other things.
i can’t help but think that this marvel of efficiency has influenced the way we live in more profound ways than the simple pleasure of eating fried potatoes and the attendant expanding waistlines.
perhaps it is time to take a cue from the slow food movement toward a slow life, taking note of every single detail of our day to day lives and making each one better for the attention that we give.
then again it is probably too late given that the first auto pilot system for aviation has been with us for almost a century.