Good points Ed. You may be interested that we have a solution to the
'life begins at conception' and the fight over its consequences. Its off
subject for Vortex but I'm a right to life advocate that advocates live
embryo transplantation and bionic Wombs. Together these would end the
abortion de
Wesley Bruce wrote:
Well said Ed.
I come from a church background so I guess I see human short sightedness
and stupidity as normal and unsurprising.
I was taught the Christian philosophy also, Wesley. However, I was also
taught that mankind, although imperfect, was given the task of striv
Well said Ed.
I come from a church background so I guess I see human short sightedness
and stupidity as normal and unsurprising. Christian theology teaches
that this is a broken world on the wrong path. I'm making efforts to
reach some influential people in the church net works I'm in so they
Wesley Bruce wrote:
Jed and Ed interesting string. I happen to have a degree that includes
both the economics and environmental subjects your covering.
I've learned a few interesting things over the years.
* Very few technological and environmental disasters have occurred
that were n
Jed and Ed interesting string. I happen to have a degree that includes
both the economics and environmental subjects your covering.
I've learned a few interesting things over the years.
* Very few technological and environmental disasters have occurred
that were not predicted and thus pr
I wrote:
When a society feels a strong need for a tool, and the tool is technically
within its grasp (meaning it does not require any fundamental new
discovery), development becomes inevitable.
That does not mean we always invent things when we need them. Necessity
alone is insufficient. We
Edmund Storms wrote:
That's true, but ancient economies were pretty complicated!
What standard would you use to judge? Surely, past economies were not as
complicated as what we see today.
I do not know much about economics, but premodern manufacturing was, in
some ways, even more complica
Jed Rothwell wrote:
Edmund Storms wrote:
Well, let me provide a few examples. Never before was a "wrong"
decision able to eliminate most life on earth. We now have at least
three ways to do this - by nuclear weapons, by bioweapons . . .
Ah, well, that is not an increase in complexity,
the government could easily have controlled the greed. unfortunely,
when you try, people who know not of what they speak start screaming
about free market economys. clue camel guys, a powerful single
industrial leader destroys the free market as surely as the most
socialist government controls wo
Edmund Storms wrote:
Well, let me provide a few examples. Never before was a "wrong" decision
able to eliminate most life on earth. We now have at least three ways to
do this - by nuclear weapons, by bioweapons . . .
Ah, well, that is not an increase in complexity, but rather heightened
co
Jed Rothwell wrote:
Edmund Storms wrote:
The complication I was addressing is based on the need to make a
policy decision based on many conflicting possibilities. The number of
these possibilities is increasing, as it always the case in every
country, from classical Greek times to Germany
Edmund Storms wrote:
The complication I was addressing is based on the need to make a policy
decision based on many conflicting possibilities. The number of these
possibilities is increasing, as it always the case in every country, from
classical Greek times to Germany under Hitler.
Honestly
Zell, Chris wrote:
one good battery.
That's all it would take to end the energy crisis, stop global
warming and end terrorism -- one really good battery.
I agree. Sometimes a grand simplification in technology eliminates a whole
class of problems. A really good battery proba
Craig wrote:
>
> I can only repeat:
>
> one good battery.
>
> That's all it would take to end the energy crisis, stop global
> warming and end terrorism -- one really good battery.
And I keep repeating, keep your eye on BLP. The website is being modified
and the hints tha
> From: "Zell, Chris"
> I can only repeat:
>
> one good battery.
Yeah, Chris. What ever happened to the polymer battery promised by the
"American Battery Company"?
t one
really good battery.
-Original Message-
From: Edmund Storms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 6:48 PM
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Subject: Re: Are things really getting too complicated?
The complication I was addressing is based on the need to make a policy
decision
The complication I was addressing is based on the need to make a policy
decision based on many conflicting possibilities. The number of these
possibilities is increasing, as it always the case in every country,
from classical Greek times to Germany under Hitler. A country or
civilization fails
Edmund Storms wrote:
I suggest we are seeing the the effects produced by a society and its
technical problems becoming too complex for the average person to properly
comprehend. The energy problem is one example of an issue that is only
properly understood by people having either technical tra
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