I was too bewildered to have anything to do with all this. I gravitated toward a small, everΓÇôchanging circle of science buffs and technology enthusiasts, people much like myself. We had no charisma and impressed no one. We would go out for pizza and talk. The discussion topics changed as our informal membership varied ΓÇö many liked space exploration, one was enthusiastic about computers, and so forth. If pressed, most of us would cautiously admit to some faith that scientific and technical developments were also important agents of social change, but in the midst of widespread turmoil of a different kind, I found such a belief ever less tenable. As
