If you peer through a magnifying glass at a bug on a leaf, you may find yourself looking at a different world. Tiny legs might work their way along the delicate structure, as firm as a human hiker across the solid ground itself.
This world takes on the color of the mind observing it when it becomes a story. Some may see this new thing and ask questions – how the bug came to like that particular leaf, how it is able to grip it, and so on. Others may be content reporting the details of the situation, such as the shape of the legs and jaws of the bug.
Anytime new perspectives open up the difference between science and technology is revealed at its basic essence. Science is a practice of asking questions far more than providing answers. Technology is about rendering that new information into something practical and useful. That difference may seem subtle, but it is critical to understanding how new information shapes our personal and public lives in a world bombarded with new ideas and observations.
Barataria - The work of Erik Hare 