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Thursday, June 10, 2004

Advice for Technophiles

In a nutshell, what would I like to see more of and less of in the discourse of progressive technology advocates and critics? Less ranting agin gument more policy, maybe? Less singularity more regulation. Less immortality more genetic medicine. Less clone more cure. Less evolution more creation. Less inevitability more choice. Less "super" more "open". Less AI more automation. Less hype more reasons. Less "more than human" more "more kinds of human". Less "Bright" more Separation of Church and State. Less America more globe. Less California Ideology more Canada Ideology. I'm just saying.

1 comment:

George said...

Not so fast with your "more like Canada" comment. Recent months have seen a resurgence in conservative politics here. We're a couple of weeks away from the federal election, and it appears the Liberal government may lose its majority, or even the election altogether to Roy Harper and the Conservative party. There's been some backlash to recent progressive legislation re: same sex marriages, and some Canadians are actually pushing for closer ties to the US in regards to foreign policy and the North American ballistic missile shield. Ah well, there's always Europe...