A long,long time ago, Albert Einstein was being shown the latest technology for producing a newspaper down in South America somewhere. After the tour was over, he said: "Now all they need to do is invent a machine to read all that stuff."
Here's another quote from Albert Einstein that I like very much:
"Men (and women) of clarity and vision are few and far apart in anyone's lifetime. What is preserved of their work is mankind's most valuable possession."