In Jewish folklore, a golem is a mystical, manlike creature that is physically powerful but mentally weak, an idiot who doesn’t know his own strength. As a metaphor for science, the golem has been employed with great effect. Science, it is said, blunders from one near-disaster to the next, like a sleepwalker on a tightrope. Nuclear weapons, recombinant DNA, grey goo – we owe them all to the golem. Given the circumstances, the mere fact we still exist is reason enough to party.
And who better to head the guest list than Eric and Jonathan Dregni, self-appointed guardians of the future…
