"The future is uncertain and the end is always near" - Doors, Roadhouse Blues. 1970
On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 2:01 PM, Edmund Storms <[email protected]> wrote: > Good point Stewart. People like to hear about all the good things the > future holds but its the bad things that are worth knowing so that they can > be avoid. For example, people look forward to having their work done by > robots but each robot puts several people out of work, who now cannot > afford to buy a robot or anything else. In spite of this problem becoming > obvious, the right wing fights the solution. What does that say about the > future? > > Ed > > On Jan 2, 2014, at 11:48 AM, ChemE Stewart wrote: > > Yeah, he missed the part about 1/55 kids with autism, amphibians > disappearing, starfish melting, birds dropping from the sky, trees > disappearing, reactors melting down, reefs bleaching, Earth warming, > Alzheimer's and > some cancers increasing. Other than that it is one big f($$& worldwide > party... :) > > On Thursday, January 2, 2014, Jed Rothwell wrote: > >> See: >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/03/23/lifetimes/asi-v-fair.html >> >> Too optimistic about many technologies, but not bad. Arthur Clarke did a >> better job in my opinion. >> >> - Jed >> >> >
