Kick Start Your Heart (Trees And Things)

ms sue: Re: Kick Start Your Heart

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:08:23 EST

It just goes that much further to support my continued hypothesis that technological advancement is simply that--technological advancement and does not intrinsically bring improvement to the human condition.

"Intrinsically"? No, of course not.

skeptic: Re: Kick Start Your Heart

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:11:09 EST

Pacemakers may be only a transitional phase of medical technology anyway, useful though they are. One possibility of medical research is that it will eventually be possible to grow new hearts from a patient's own stem cells, so that there is no probl

Shy Elf: Re: Kick Start Your Heart

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:14:50 EST

My vote for computer bug caused havoc goes to the 8/14/03 northeast US and Canada blackout, at least until someone comes up with a better candidate.

postillion: Re: Kick Start Your Heart

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:40:41 EST

technological advancement and does not intrinsically bring improvement to the human condition.

It's a tool, like any other tool. It all comes down to the human user. After all, a hammer can be, and has been, used to kill somebody also

port1080: Re: Kick Start Your Heart

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:13:31 EST

Steve Urkel: You will do as we say

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:45:01 EST

I'm going to start writing a movie thriller about a rich guy who gets blackmailed after his pacemaker gets hacked, but first I have to finish my movie script about assasinating a President with a pacemaker using an EMF pulse.

thefadd: Re: Kick Start Your Heart

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:38:01 EST

Pretty scary shit that we're already at this level of cyborgization. I'm not typically a manga fan but Ghost In The Shell does a really awesome job of overviewing some of the personal issues that will arise with the increased assimilation of cyberne