From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Thu Mar 21 2002 - 16:48:32 MST
Amara Graps wrote:
> John Benner, continuing his _very polite_ discussion:
>
>> The field I feel we are furthest
>> behind in is the adaption of people to technology.
>
>
> Isn't it just as, or, more important, to 'adapt the technology to the
> people'? Your question seems to assume that technology is forced on
> the individual.
Under a suitable interpretation I think the first is correct.
The technology is moving radically faster than human beings and
their institutions are evolving. Thus, if we are to make best
use of the technology, we and our institutions need to catch up
or at least successfully incorporate the technologies into our
lives. Another way to say it is that highly augmented or
uploaded only partially evolved apes would not necessarily be a
good thing.
- samantha
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