“Technology,” exclaimed Dr. Elliot S. Bluefinger with considerable gusto, “is here to stay.”

I was in Bluefinger’s Buick, amidst a jungle of shopping centers and gas stations. We had just rolled off Interstate 90 from the airport. “It is senseless to try to change what the environment has become,” said Bluefinger, with a wave of his hand. “But man must live in his environment. So our solution is simple. We alter the digestive system, replace it with a treatment plant. Then anybody can eat cars, cement, you name it.”