Re: [microsound] mp3 redux

[dj spw <stevepwats@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 1/26/03 9:36 AM, dbuchwald at
dagmar.buchwald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> dj spw wrote:
> 
>> Technology is a natural part of human evolution.
>> Man is a natural part of nature.
> 
> Partly.  Unfortunately mankind also seems to be endowed with
an exceptional 
> hubris.
> I don't think other species believe that they are the ones in
control of
> everything.

There are other life similar to human through out the Universe
that go through the same evolutionary process as you see with
modern man where they encounter environmental destruction.
The Industrial Age, Nuclear Age, Computer Age, Space Age, ect....

The key is developing technology that is beneficial to other life
necessary to survival without destroying the enviromet.

Humans are descendant of apes (human DNA) who have adapted
to their environment and dominate the planet Earth in process
changing the environment.

>  By the way, there are a lot of human cultures who don't think
> that
> either.  walrus and the carpenter threw in the term "evil",
although I feel
> uncomfortable about that word, if there's something I would
align with it it 
> is the
> notion that "we are in control" and that "we can control
everything".

hahaha.. that is a primitive concept.
Was it "evil" that an asteroid obliterated the dinosaur population
who was eco-friendly?
The Aztec killed 10,000 people in one year because they though it
was necessary to please the Gods.
The best thing to happen to humans is technology, with
technology we can prevent an asteroid from destroying life on
Earth.

> 
>> Humans are the more dominant species making other animals
and
>> living organisms obsolete.
> 
> "Obsolete"????   It is probably hopeless to convince you of the
intrinsic 
> worth of
> organisms other than humans.  But at least you would concede
that you can't 
> feed on
> air?  Try to survive a single day without all the parasites within
you which 
> digest
> your food for you.

Neanderthal man for example was inferior to human and became
"obsolete" 
My point above about "life necessary to survival
without destroying the environment."

>> Mankind's only hope of not destroying the environment is the
>> advancement of technology.
>> i.e., energy alternatives to fossil fuels, products that are not as
>> destructive to the environment,
> 
> such as atomic power plants?

I believe the government is withholding far more advance
technology because of the fossil fuel industry.

>> space exploration so the world is not
>> overpopulated ect., ect...
> 
> To bring that way of thinking to other planets too?  Then I'd
rather see the 
> whole
> thing go down the drain and give it over to the cockroaches.
> 
> We are the empire, yeah!  That's what the Romans thought too.
I am waiting 
> for that
> Endsieg to come, but hopefully I am not going to experience it.

Why is it so bad to have population control, globalization, and
have colonies on other planets like the Moon and Mars?
There is a lot to learn from exploring outer space, discovering life on
other planets, using other planets resources.

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