From: T0Morrow@aol.com
Date: Thu May 09 2002 - 21:43:25 MDT
John makes a great point, I think, in the quote below. When I daydream about
how I'll enjoy the fruits of advanced technologies, I often think about such
things as running the Pacific Coast Trail or living on top of a Utah butte.
True, I could do those things now--but not without incurring various
unacceptable risks and discomforts. Humans probably have some inborn
affinity for thriving in nature; nature has too seldom cooperated with that
preference. That will almost certainly change, and for the better.
>I can actually
>envision people being able to "return to the land" in ways past humanity
>could not, due to medical nano which gives them incredible physical
robustness.
> Extremes of temperature, disease, hostile animals, and lack of edible
>food sources will not be the great challenges they have been in the past.
>
>Men and women will finally be able to live in the wild places of the world
>in a state of harmony never before seen. It should be a very liberating
>and exhilarating experience! : )
T.0. Morrow
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