Re: Skirting the abyss . . . ?
<I firmly believe that inventors must gauge the minds of the time - and truly have a responsibility to try and think of the ramifications of the technology they develop and unleash upon an often unready mankind.
Here, I must disagree.
Invention will happen, and there is not a damned thing anyone can do to stop it. Invention is a right. Invention is a need. The art will flow, and that's all there is to it.
Inventions don't kill. People do.
So we must try to restrain from pointing the finger at any group and say that they are to blame for societies current problems. ALL must share the responsibility - and always we must include ourselves in this equation ;-)
Which supports what I typed above.
Dan