tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post6528282588908526634..comments2024-02-29T03:57:00.088-05:00Comments on The Mermaid's Tale: More unfilled promise from the sequencersAnne Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-80179115621032428072011-12-01T09:09:28.590-05:002011-12-01T09:09:28.590-05:00Agreed. Climate change is another case in point -...Agreed. Climate change is another case in point -- why change the way we do business when technology will fix up any problems our profligate use of fossil fuels might cause?Anne Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-28814740289145425432011-11-30T22:46:07.665-05:002011-11-30T22:46:07.665-05:00To extend your idea a little bit: The interesting ...To extend your idea a little bit: The interesting phenomena of the moment, to my mind, is that science and technology are acquiring the role of obstacles to social solutions. Wealthy elites dont want 'change' and they can forestall it with 'safe' research or putative/partial technological solutions. A classic example is the GM mosquito (also sequenced I think) against Dengue fever. Dengue fever could be controlled by public health measures that would have numerous side benefits. The GM mosquito, however, will probably ensure that pressure for these big picture solutions never builds up.<br /><br />As a result our societies are becoming institutionally sclerotic because no constructive social change ever happens any more.Jonathan Lathamhttp://independentsciencenews.org/noreply@blogger.com