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Originally Posted by Undertoad
During his lifetime?
On the day this gentleman was born, the life expectancy for an American male was 59.9 years.
He should have been dead by 1996.
But he's still alive today, at age 79.
And it's all due to all the shit he claims to hate so well.
20 additional years of life - so far! 50% additional adult life! What's not to like?
Gosh, everything -- it turns out, he's spent all that extra time complaining! An extended lifetime of bitterness, ignorance, and aggravating for lifestyles that are short and painful.
Do what you like, but I'm against it.
We don't invent things because they're new. We invent things because they are improvements.
Check out my new octagon-shaped wheel. It's NEW! Are you accepting it? |
Did you read the book? You are the one who sounds bitter. Why not read the book so you can add weight to your criticism. His point isn't that technology is bad or wrong it is that it is adopted without ever thinking of the potential consequences or allowing the public to decide if they want the technology in the first place. GMO foods might be an example. HCFCs burning up the ozone layer so we can have styrofoam big mac containers, allowing the auto industry to destroy the rail industry. No one has a say about the introduction of technology.