You don't remember how George the First was amazed by optical scanners during that supermarket tour he took? They're spectacularly out of touch with the average person in so many ways. But maybe that's because who they're spectacularly IN touch with consists of Saudi royalty, assfaces like Kenneth "Kenny Boy" Lay and Karl "Turdblossom" Rove, the elite Pioneer and Ranger donors, etc.
Those are the people that MATTER.