What Hath God Wrought

For those of you who aren't buffs of the history of communication, the first telegraph communication tapped out was "What Hath God Wrought?". Although it was Samuel Morse who tapped it out, we can thank young Annie Ellworth for suggesting the Biblical verse from Numbers 23:23. Why that particular passage for the start of an industry that would change mankind more than anything else is unknown. But I find it interesting that it's a somewhat sobering question in light of an exciting achievement.

Further, and quite literally, a friend of mind and I were discussing the why of that statement just yesterday. Then this morning, I read this. For those of you who don't want to click away, it's a story about a possible cause for the decline of bee colonies by as much as 70 percent and the threat this poses to world food supply. Cell phones, it posits, could be partially or wholly responsible for the sudden losses.

What hath God wrought, indeed?