I think technology is like MAGIC! I'm not kidding. Consider radio frequency. It's INVISIBLE! Yet so powerful. No wonder J.K. Rowling doesn't bother to depict Harry, Ron, and Hermione with cell phones or laptop computers. Like a research article I found on the topic says, the magic in Harry Potter stands in nicely for the technologies our young people use today. Of course, we haven't managed to disapparate ourselves yet, use invisibility cloaks, or pack a small purse with all of our things in it (conveniently shrunken until they're needed again) rather than a heavy, burdensome, suitcase. And we haven't used polyjuice potion, either. I especially love how, in Harry Potter, the proverbial "needle in a haystack" can be summoned by a wand and the mere utterance of the word "accio!"
Maybe we're not so different from Harry though. Libraries, Google, and other information providers, continue to strive for the perfection of the "accio" charm when it comes to searching for information. Cloning and biotechnology may draw us closer to the polyjuice potion effect than we'd like. Regarding invisibility, I think we're going in the opposite direction, as privacy crumbles more and more each day--can anyone say "this blog"?
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