that the iPhone looks like the monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Burt says if he had a wish, he would love to meet Thomas Jefferson– the greatest of all American presidents, author of the “Declaration of Independence“–to show him his new iPhone. Burt would demonstrate all the capabilities of this wonderful “machine” and tell Jefferson that he was holding in the palm of his hand, the best of human ingenuity–and that the iPhone represents the promise of modern civilization.