Why nothing seems to work anymore

This book was published 20 years ago. Although its examples may be dated, the author's message is even more true today than it was in 1977. That message is that technological change has forced us into more and more situations for which we have little or no relevant experience. Things that were once the province of science fiction are now affecting the lives of ordinary people. Biological breakthroughs like in vitro fertilization, gene splicing, and cloning are raising legal and social questions which have no precedent. No wonder nothing seems to work anymore because our past experience has not prepared us to deal with situations no one has ever experienced before. The book may not exactly be reassuring but it does make the point that we shouldn't be so hard on ourselves if things don't seem to work anymore...because things have changed!