Has technology gone too far? or not far enough?
I say we are just getting started. It's an exciting time.
There are some great quotes in Jurassic Park:
"I was overwhelmed by the power of this place; but I made a mistake, too. I didn't have enough respect for that power and it's out now."
"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
"I'll tell you the problem with the scientific power that you're using here: it didn't require any discipline to attain it. You read what others had done and you took the next step. You didn't earn the knowledge for yourselves, so you don't take any responsibility... for it."
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Posted by KnottyG Oct 5th, 2010 at 11:30AM
Clearly far enough, I've never thought I'd be seeing a lion [correction: puma] and a chipmunk discussing together!
I think the question was either intended to be a catch-all, however, the answers seem to hit different targets.
To me technology is the labor child of science and while you cannot stop science from its mission to expand the domain of human knowledge, you can decide what it will be used for.
The news about one of the scientists who pioneered In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) receiving a Nobel Prize 32 years after the first successful test-tube fertilization comes to mind. At first it was received like an abomination, an attempt for mankind to manipulate nature's miracle of life. Now, it's almost a routine procedure that has allowed millions of babies to be born and couples to enjoy the experience of parenthood. For a field such as reproductive science, social acceptance has been typically very slow and the late Nobel recognition is one symptom of the lagging between the evolution of morals and technology.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130332188
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Reply by imathinkin Oct 5th, 2010 at 12:31AM
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Posted by MisterTickle Nov 21st, 2010 at 12:32PM
Technology can never go to far.
But often technology has good and bad uses. It's what people do with it that causes the problems. But that's a problem with people, not technology.
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Posted by Comprehensive2 Oct 5th, 2010 at 3:58AM
In some areas entirely too far. It's gotten so bad now that even the food we eat is being produced on the assembly line. Mama's apple pie is a thing of the past and the art of cooking is fading. I think PEOPLE should answer phone calls to business not some automated system that tells you for English press one in a country where English is the language spoken. There is a report about today's youth not knowing how to write in cursive. They use the computers and texting now. It's getting to where mankind is no longer independent of his technology and in the end HE will suffer for it.
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Posted by hierman Oct 5th, 2010 at 2:12AM
Very Brave question,and smart, realy smart of you to think about it, my opinion is this.
' not far enough, but to quickly, EVOLUTION has to catch up, we are not ready in an evolutionary sense,
and that fast progress is going to back and bite us in the backside.
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Reply by imathinkin Oct 5th, 2010 at 9:11AM
There are some great quotes in Jurassic Park:
"I was overwhelmed by the power of this place; but I made a mistake, too. I didn't have enough respect for that power and it's out now."
"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
"I'll tell you the problem with the scientific power that you're using here: it didn't require any discipline to attain it. You read what others had done and you took the next step. You didn't earn the knowledge for yourselves, so you don't take any responsibility... for it."
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Posted by mytruthonanysubject Oct 5th, 2010 at 12:32AM
Way too far! What's next? Oh! well I know what's coming in the future. More stuff, more expesive and in smaller packages. The worst part is that people will be getting in line to get the newest product at any price.
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Reply by imathinkin Oct 5th, 2010 at 12:39AM
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Posted by littleblackchook Oct 5th, 2010 at 12:14AM
it can never go far enough - just ask my xbox
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Posted by ChipmunkErnie Oct 4th, 2010 at 11:37PM
Not far enough
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