the senses was long held to be the mark of our rationality, and 
may in the computer age easily become so again. For it is now 
possible to program ratios among the senses that approach 
the condition of consciousness. Yet such a condition would 
necessarily be an extension of our own consciousness as much 
as wheel is an extension of feet in rotation. Having extended or 
translated our central nervous system into the electromagnetic 
technology, it is but a further stage to transfer our 
consciousness to the computer world as well. Then, at least, we 
shall be able to program consciousness in such wise that it 
cannot be numbed nor distracted by the Narcissus illusions of 
the entertainment world that beset mankind when he 
encounters himself extended in his own gimmickry.

     If the work of the city is the remaking or translating of man 
into a more suitable form than his nomadic ancestors achieved,