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
