“The future always comes too fast and in the wrong order.”

― Alvin Toffler, Future Shock

AS time goes on, the future shocks us more frequently. For decades, my generation grew up singing the children’s song “Toot, Toot, Toot.” For decades, the train we knew was something crowded to the gills with passengers, cigarette sellers and salted-egg peddlers. About 45 percent of the people who bought tickets did not get a