On 6/8/16 12:27 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
`` I'm pretty much a luddite myself, or at least "conservative" in the sense of
believing that we are outdriving our headlights on many fronts.''
Experiments can be risky but sometimes they pay off..
http://discovermagazine.com/2010/mar/07-dr-drank-broth-gave-ulcer-solved-medical-mystery
I agree and believe that Homo Sapiens has been as "successful" as we
have been *because* of the diversity or our "experimentation"... my
issue probably has something to do with the stakes... I don't think
humanity has been in an "all in" situation before the last 50 years or so?
I'm not sure what an all out nuclear exchange in the 60's would have
looked like... probably not global extinciton... just a lot of the
northern hemisphere?
Nuclear Armageddon is still possible but it seems like we've (mostly)
missed that window and instead are facing a plethora of unintended
consequences from our less obviously warlike "progress"... which of
course, we often race headlong forward escalating our tech responses to
mitigate the consequences of the last round.
In major metropolises like New York City, the introduction of the
internal combustion engine cleared the majority of the "disease-causing"
horse manure buildup in the streets (daily!) and it took 50 or more
years for the replacement consequences to come home to roost.
- Steve
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