The Rust of the Big Analog

Remember that the era of the Little Digital (best illustrated every time you pick up your smart phone) still depends on a properly functioning Big Analog.  The problem is that many parts of the Big Analog are rusting away.

I just ordered Rust: The Longest War by Jonathan Waldman.  I love this line in a review of the book in this month's Atlantic - Rust Never Sleeps by Tim Heffernan:

"The more money you have, the more restless you are.  We do appear stuck in the bullish mind-set of the mid-20th century, behaving as though we are rich enough to buy all the new bridges we want and too rich to worry about fixing all the old bridges we have."