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09-28-2008, 10:21 AM
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Why is it?
Why does it seem, to me at least, that in the last 50-60 years we have made some major steps forward in technology?
Lets just say the world is 5,000 years old. Seems like no real major advancements till like the 1950-60's forward....why it that?
Even seems like in the last 10 years we seem to be on warp drive with all sorts of new things we have now.
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09-28-2008, 11:44 AM
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and our economy is fucked.
time to go back to hunter/gatherers
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09-28-2008, 02:39 PM
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Technology is not to blame solely for the economy.
Our world has become globally connected and integrated. Everything is inter-dependent which is why when one economy crashes, all follow suit.
Jobs from America got outsourced to India. Then, they got transferred from India to the Phillipines. Next, they are now going to China. Indian companies are now themselves outsourcing jobs to Poland and Eastern Bloc developing countries. This is the nature of the world. Things don't stay constant. Very soon, I believe (and this is just one theory of many which I have read) the world will have to have a global economy as the interdependence between countries continues to increase.
The reason for the economy crashing (although it hasn't exactly :crashed" and I doubt it will) is because of unregulated false money being created - money which doesn't really exist. This is a large problem.
But to Joker: yes, the world is changing with the coming of the Industrial Revolution in the 1800-1850, a lot of things came into play and the world has come to where it is today. Technology will only get better and better and more and more advanced.
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09-28-2008, 07:12 PM
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this can be an intense subject. I believe our technology is outpacing our moral/ethical responsibility. Take cloning for example. Scientists continue in the race to clone more animals, and soon someone will at least attempt to clone humans. I believe we have not fully discussed the moral issue behind cloning. Or how about gene therapy? What are the moral implications of choosing a child's hair color, eye color, height, or even more dangerous, their personality traits? aggression may be genetically chosen by unethical countries for military purposes...may be far fetched, but I believe we continue to progress technologically without taking the moral issues into consideration, adequately.
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09-28-2008, 07:47 PM
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I believe stem cell research could be a wonderful new subject if exploited correctly.
I understand the issue of analyzing issues like stem cell research on a moral basis...however, I feel it is too primitive to not do something because of religious reasons. I am a very spiritual person but I am not at all religious (though, I am by birth or rather by baptism half Greek Orthodox Christian and half Hindu) so I find the whole aspect of referring to religion and letting some book command my actions very barbaric. This is the 21'st century. It's time to use moral grounds to determine actions and decisions - not religious grounds.
This is just my opinion.
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09-29-2008, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by _Wolf_
I believe stem cell research could be a wonderful new subject if exploited correctly.
I understand the issue of analyzing issues like stem cell research on a moral basis...however, I feel it is too primitive to not do something because of religious reasons. I am a very spiritual person but I am not at all religious (though, I am by birth or rather by baptism half Greek Orthodox Christian and half Hindu) so I find the whole aspect of referring to religion and letting some book command my actions very barbaric. This is the 21'st century. It's time to use moral grounds to determine actions and decisions - not religious grounds.
This is just my opinion.
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Both of my children are part of stem cell research. When they were born we had the doctors take and save 4-5 cylenders ( not sure on the size , but the same as if you were haveing your blood taken) and some of the embilical core. These are in a Stem Cell Bank which can be used later in life if anyone in our family needs them.
They are7 and 6 now ,so it's been going on for awhile here in Canada. i don't see the problem with it.
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09-28-2008, 07:52 PM
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that's all well and good.
but why just in the last 60 years have we made these gains.....and not before?
is what i think joker is getting at
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09-28-2008, 08:01 PM
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Quote:
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that's all well and good.
but why just in the last 60 years have we made these gains.....and not before?
is what i think joker is getting at
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The Industrial Revolution happened largely because individuals went against the Church. They refused to allow Church to govern. This "liberalism" lead to the overthrowing of Monarchs. It led to the birth of Democracy.
There appeared to be a freedom to explore in all types of different fields: art, business, industry, etc etc....
I guess the last 60 years have lead to so much change because more and more people are asking "Why" and more and more people are willing to go against the grain and do something out of the box.
Plus: if you want to really get ahead in the world you must be able to do something unusual - something only you can do.
This added global competition - and I am not referring to nation vs. nation but more so person vs. person on a global level, this competition is happening because so many people are on this planet now. I believe population growth plays a big role in this.
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09-28-2008, 08:45 PM
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damn, anuj... you are throwin down some impressive stuff in this thread. very cool, man.
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09-29-2008, 04:04 AM
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War is also a big contributor to technology, and there have been quite a few in the past century. Tons of military technology is modified for civilian use.
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