Omens? I hope not.
Mar. 19th, 2009 09:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jimpretzerPart 1 - I went into the local big-box home store to buy some fertilizer for the vegetable garden. I looked through the garden section, and looked, and looked... What does it say about our society when there's much, much more lawn stuff than garden stuff and much more poison than fertilizer? (I eventually found some fertilizer and ended up getting some organic fertilizer that should work fine)
Part 2 - What does it say about our society when scientists try to deal with malaria by developing a computerized laser system that detects individual mosquitoes and shoots them down with a laser? (Apparently they're already successful at detecting mosquitoes a hundred of feet away, distinguishing mosquitoes from other moving objects (by the frequency of their wingbeats), and hitting them with a laser beam.) I can't decide if this shows how we'll find ways to overcome all the disasters we face or if this is a sign we're slowly sliding over the edge. Maybe we'll find out if the singularity is a good thing or not, or maybe we'll burn out before we get there.
Part 2 - What does it say about our society when scientists try to deal with malaria by developing a computerized laser system that detects individual mosquitoes and shoots them down with a laser? (Apparently they're already successful at detecting mosquitoes a hundred of feet away, distinguishing mosquitoes from other moving objects (by the frequency of their wingbeats), and hitting them with a laser beam.) I can't decide if this shows how we'll find ways to overcome all the disasters we face or if this is a sign we're slowly sliding over the edge. Maybe we'll find out if the singularity is a good thing or not, or maybe we'll burn out before we get there.
