Ronn Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Of course, it's always easier to propose some technological solution than
>to deal with the real problem, which is why do today's school kids think it
>is necessary to kill other kids to solve disputes that preceding
>generations of kids dealt with in much less permanent ways . . .
While I don't disagree with the above statement or the deeper motivation
(see another branch of this thread), it bears pointing out that in some
cases you can throw money at a societal problem and solve it in short order
with technology, whereas as social-engineering fix would take much longer or
cost much more.
I don't think this is one of those cases, but they do occasionally crop up.
One that comes to mind is being discussed on the low emission vehicles
thread - to reduce pollution it's going to be easier to make LEVs than stop
Americans from driving.
Joshua
_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
