On Jul 15, 2007, at 12:59 PM, Carl Remick wrote:
> To say that ongoing technological innovation is essential is
> truistic; the question as always is, what *kind* of innovation?
> Clearly,
> for instance, it is folly to continue to make heavy continuing
> investment in
> internal-combustion-vehicles that contribute to global warming and
> other
> pollution. There is an overriding global social need for
> alternative power
> sources to be the principal focus of R&D. Simply to give blank-check
> endorsement to any and all forms of "innovation" as an undeniable
> social
> boon is senseless.
Well yeah, but who does, apart from our RCP-UK alums, Comrades Grinker and Heartfield?
Doug