The First Gate

In the beginning man created the first transistor Now the silicon is cold and without information Calm are the shells of the atoms And the dreams of man hovered over the surface The abacus beget the gear The gear beget the punchcard The punchcard beget the vacuum tube The glass tubes beget the transistor The transistor beget integrated circuits The circuits beget microprocessors The silicon beget quantum bits The quantum bits beget ourselves.