The Times published this portrait the
other day, and I thought it brought
out so well the obsessive compulsions
of the American President that I al-
most overlooked the spell they've suc-
cessfully revealed through the noble
implement for dealing with them. I re-
fer to that wand of superior magic,
of instantaneous manipulation, in the
President's anxious grasp. He, Jobs,
and Zuckerberg have embedded their
place in history with the abandonment
of reflection, itself. They have very
much less the more self-confident il-
lusions of literacy. There will be no
corrective mallet, only detoxification.
We are witnessing a greatness, surely.
Jasjyot Singh Hans
The New York Times©
