"Why Bionics? Is not the digital computer the last word in computation? Today we are so frequently impressed by its performances that there is need for a devil's advocate to stop us from being hypnotized. There are real dangers: many young people know only the digital computer; many industries are becoming tied to standardized forms; and we may forget altogether that it is, in fact, a narrowly specialized type. Its organization, for instance, if used in the Air Force, would result in all its aircraft being so dove-tailed in their activities that one, and only one, plane would ever be in the air--all the rest would be grounded lest there be a collision!" 22