the technology and afraid of being left behind, Noble says, too many Americans fail to recognize a pernicious fad for what it is.
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Ceramics is a pleasant hobby, a nice way to make personalized gifts such as ashtrays, coffee cups, and vases. Ceramics is also a rapidly ex- panding $4-billion high-technology industry,...