In our children's lifetime, learning to drive will come to be seen as about as useful as learning to dance the quadrille.
Much Ado About Nothing can be seen as about men's fears of being cuckolded; Othello treats the same male weakness with deeply tragic consequences.
It's a pity she didn't get to the provincial reconstruction team run by her fellow Dutch nationals in Uruzgun, which is seen as about the best in all Afghanistan for getting girls as well as boys into school, and training and help in healthcare, hygiene and childcare.
"It seemed to me wherever I put this story down, there was a danger that it would be seen as about that," he says, but he was adamant that he didn't want to look "peculiarly interested in a particular crisis in history.
To take Redmond's perspective, this can be seen as about customer experience - Microsoft made no promises about quality or continuity of service before the launch on November 22, and are aiming to deliver, and to be seen to deliver, the best possible experience from November 22 onwards.
And with employers reportedly remaining reluctant to add to their payrolls, he said, it is likely to be several years before the unemployment rate returns to a more normal rate, which is commonly seen as about 5%.
