Even though they are awed by technology and the things that it does, they are not necessarily surprised by it. -Radford Quamahongnewa, Songs of the Fourth World In my own impish, somewhat cool, glacial sense of humour (more often overlooked, than not) I address Whorf’s claims about time-something very near and dear to my heart. Even though I am awed by technology and the things that it does, I am not so surprised by it-that I cannot find it elsewhere, in other times and places, and in different ways. So, in that way, I have no qualm over allowing the satellites to fall from the sky, or leaving my phone behind.