Christoph Reuss wrote:
[snip]
> Experience in technical quality control of tractors does not qualify you
> to assess the environmental impact of decades of tractor use on soil.
> But the latter kind of technological optimism/assessment is what my comment
> referred to ("is it safe/sustainable?" rather than "is it feasible?").
[snip]
First, let me say that what I am about to say is not
meant "personally" to/about Keith or any other individual on this
list!
That said, I still highly recommend Arnold Gehlen's little book:
_Man in the age of technology_.
No matter how indispensable the expert may
become in a rationalized society, his own [narrowly
functionalist] perspective (which originated within
the world of crafts and agriculture, and then moved
on to prosper in that of industry) is of no ultimate
significance. (1957/1980, p. 161)
Gehlen goes on to argue that our society understands
this, and both has ever greater need
for and highly rewards individuals with a broader
perspective. These are, e.g., the persons who run
the highly esteemed and well endowed "foundations"
after retiring from having run world-class industrial
research divisions of multi-national corporations.
My wife was just 5 minutes ago asking me if I ever
thought of taking one of the many computer specilization
"certification" courses she sees so often advertised
and their results
asked for in the Help Wanted section #@$%^&*())(*&^%$#@#$%^&*
\brad mccormick
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Let your light so shine before men,
that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16)
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21)
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