From “The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark” by Carl Sagan (1995)

&ldquo;I have a foreboding of an America in my children&rsquo;s or grandchildren&rsquo;s time &ndash; when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people…