Re: Not entirely . . .
Regrettably, his name is Phil.
But why is that...oh, never mind.
those who can't do it (the majority) look upon the knuckle-sliding wrenchoholic as a kind of pariah,
Yep, we've always been ambivalent about technology, treating it like sausage-making, an ugly uncivilized process better kept out of sight and mind. Everybody wants to enjoy the fruits of technology, but most would rather not get their hands dirty making it. Which is ironic, since the facility for using technology is the sibling of the human gift for creating it. Same grasping hands and mental pathways, plus a dose of imagination.
--Robert