Re: OT[microsound ] war/evolution/technology

["pelagius pelagius" <pela_gius@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>From: spw [mailto:stevepwats@xxxxxxxxxxx]
>War is a natural part of human evolution, the two benefits war serves are:
>#2. technological advancements, the atom bomb to end World War II would be 
>a good example.

If war has been a part of the evolution of human history, the obvious next 
step in our evolution is to completely eliminate war.  You can't one minute 
argue that animals fight wars, so wars are natural and then the next minute 
speak of human evolution.  So which is it?  Are we merely animals or can we 
evolve to a higher state?

In regards to technological advancements you draw an incorrect conclusion as 
well.  The bomb was created not by war but by the decision to apply a lot of 
money and human resources (brainpower) to the problem.  Buckminster Fuller 
wrote a lot about this.  The two greatest scientific achievements of mankind 
(maximum innovation in minimum amount of time) were the atomic bomb and 
putting a man on the moon.  Both of these achievements were brought about by 
the conscious application of massive resources toward these specific goals.  
Fuller poses the question of what could mankind accomplish were we to apply 
these same levels of intellectual resources at more noble problems like 
ending hunger, homelessness, etc.

I only bother responding because I thought these ideas might be somewhat 
related to the "city of the future" concept.

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