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glatt · 06-05-2015, 01:36 PM

Choice is a choice.
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Clodfobble · 06-05-2015, 01:43 PM

I'm pro-choice.

But as to foot's question, yes, I think we are objectively better off. Not problem-free, by any means, but our problems now are, on the whole, preferable to the problems of yesteryear, if for no other reason than we currently have the choice as to whether to live with modern technology or go Amish. And choice is always better than no choice.

Choose choice.

Lamplighter · 06-05-2015, 02:50 PM

If we were problem-free, someone would invent video games.

footfootfoot · 06-07-2015, 07:56 PM

When I see how many people are glued to their iphones and unable to attend to their children, or end up handing down their old ipads, phones or what ever to four and five year olds, I have to disagree that it is a net gain. I suspect it has pros and cons and probably it's a wash. Consider the environmental damage it has caused, it has certainly heled Monsanto along in their work as well as all the other major bad guy players.

I don't think there is an answer, I just wanted to put that question out there as food for thought, maybe start a dialogue to examine the consequneces without trying to make a point one side or the other.

Sundae · 06-08-2015, 03:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

If you are not happy now, that is your choice.

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

See, that should be on a poster.

I read that as "plaster" [bandaid].
It worked for me.

BigV · 06-08-2015, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Computers are part of a remarkable set of steps forward that, after a century, have led to the end of hunger, the doubling of our life spans, and the end of a back-breaking lifestyle in which 50% of the people were needed to be farmers and labor 14 hours a day. Some say the advances have now led to a general pause in the amount of global warfare going on, a trend which, if it continues, ends centuries upon centuries of savagery, death, and man's inhumanity to man.

If you are not happy now, that is your choice.

the end of hunger? that hasn't happened, with or without computers.

Undertoad · 06-08-2015, 10:21 AM

I'm just talking about the first world here.

glatt · 06-08-2015, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

the end of hunger? that hasn't happened, with or without computers.

No, but we're heading in the right direction, and quickly.

Gravdigr · 06-08-2015, 04:19 PM

Gonna hafta remove people from that equation, first.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-08-2015, 05:57 PM

That's it, brilliant, kill all the poor.

lumberjim · 06-08-2015, 07:18 PM

POOR IS A CHOICE

footfootfoot · 06-09-2015, 10:24 AM

Alas, stupid is not a choice. But I'd still like someone to blame...

06-05-2015, 01:43 PM	#47
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I'm pro-choice. But as to foot's question, yes, I think we are objectively better off. Not problem-free, by any means, but our problems now are, on the whole, preferable to the problems of yesteryear, if for no other reason than we currently have the choice as to whether to live with modern technology or go Amish. And choice is always better than no choice. Choose choice. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

06-07-2015, 07:56 PM	#49
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	When I see how many people are glued to their iphones and unable to attend to their children, or end up handing down their old ipads, phones or what ever to four and five year olds, I have to disagree that it is a net gain. I suspect it has pros and cons and probably it's a wash. Consider the environmental damage it has caused, it has certainly heled Monsanto along in their work as well as all the other major bad guy players. I don't think there is an answer, I just wanted to put that question out there as food for thought, maybe start a dialogue to examine the consequneces without trying to make a point one side or the other. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

06-08-2015, 04:19 PM	#54
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Gonna hafta remove people from that equation, first. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

06-08-2015, 05:57 PM	#55
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That's it, brilliant, kill all the poor. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-08-2015, 07:18 PM	#56
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	POOR IS A CHOICE __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-05-2015, 01:36 PM	#46
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Choice is a choice.

06-05-2015, 02:50 PM	#48
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	If we were problem-free, someone would invent video games.

06-08-2015, 10:21 AM	#52
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I'm just talking about the first world here.

06-09-2015, 10:24 AM	#57
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Alas, stupid is not a choice. But I'd still like someone to blame... __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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