All Great Things By Sean Ripple www.flickr.com/photos/flatlife “A product this beneficial will bring the general populace into great harmony! How does it work again?” Hidden behind both the Mayor’s statement and question was a terrible fear. This invention came from the mind of a 5-year-old child. Genius or not, he felt that a child should not be calling evolution — technological, sociological, psychological, physiological or philosophical — into being. His opinion was that it was the duty of the elder generation to control the ebb and flow of progress. What did youth know about the repercussions of its decisions? The child’s representative had this response to the Mayor’s question, “You inflate the rubberized pocket with helium and let it hover above you.”