Greg is optimistic about the possibilities of technology. He believes fervently that the internet and other developments offer chances for healing the world.
He argues persuasively, using a language I can barely discern. But his passion is unmistakable and it is mostly his passion that convinces.
So, okay, his generation will make strides for a better environment, better government, universal education, the arts, culture, medicine, understanding.
Great. But there are some problems left over that my generation never solved, well, really, ignored completely. I wonder what the techies of Greg's generation will do about such things.
For instance, what about the toilet? Yes, that's what I said. This system for waste disposal which has us flush our bodily waste into a bowl of water and then flush it into a community sewer system has been around for almost a century.
Can't we do better than that. Those who have addressed the issue have focused on saving some water,from putting a brick in the tank to vast treatment plants to recycle waste water.
But the concept hasn't had a re-think in many years. Isn't it time to apply some of the imagination that now goes into solving the nettlesome problem of how to download free music into this most crucial social concern.
I HAVE A DREAM, to coin a phrase. A world in which there are no toilets, no toilet paper, no need to pull down one's pants (or pantyhose) around one's knees and line a cold, dirty seat with sticky paper.
A world in which each human fuels his body so efficiently that no waste need be disposed of in this inelegant way. Through chemical intervention or surgical implant or genetic redesign we are freed from this daily slavery.
The gains to health, sanitation, environment would be incalculable, a true boon to mankind, an advancement of the species. No more constipation, diarrhea, 1 ply paper, tidy bowl, arguments between the sexes about "seat up" or "seat down".
Come on, techies, do something really useful... Please.
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Sunday, June 03, 2007
Monday, May 08, 2006
NEWS FLASH: Teens Lie About Sex!!!
Sunday's L.A. Times (May 7, 2006, P. A-21) headlined: "Many Youths Diosregard Their Virginity Pledges, Harvard Study Says."
The story was about a government sponsored study that interviewed 12-18 year olds in 1995 about their sexual activity and then re-interviewed them years later.
14,000 teens - virgins and nonvirgins - when first interviewed, had pledged to abstain from sex until marriage.
Now, the study found that more than half said they had broken their vows within a year.
If that wasn't shocking enough, the article contains the following revelations:
"... Of those who [claimed to have] had sex after telling the interviewers they had taken the pledge, 73% denied having made the pledge" in the first place.
The groups which had praised the virginity pledges as a rapidly growing positive trend toward reducing teen pregnancy and raising moral values sharply criticized the study's findings.
But they should have continued to read. The study should be praised for proving what we have suspected all along. Teens aren't sluts, after all.
In its final paragraphs, the article reveals:
"The adolescents were also unreliable in reporting their sexual experiences.
... More than a quarter of [those who had claimed to be] nonvirgins in the first interview who later took a virginity pledge said in the next interview that they had never had sex."
A researcher conlcuded:
"'This puts a lot of error in these studies...' Virginity pledgers ... are more likely to give bad information - unreliable data - about their sexual history.'"
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? The teens LIED to adults - AND get this:
WHETHER CLAIMING TO BE VIRGINS OR NON-VIRGINS
So take heart, parents. Your kids are only wannabe skanks ... they dress, act, and talk that way cuz its cool ... but deep down, they're really Sandra Dee ...
Just ask them!
The story was about a government sponsored study that interviewed 12-18 year olds in 1995 about their sexual activity and then re-interviewed them years later.
14,000 teens - virgins and nonvirgins - when first interviewed, had pledged to abstain from sex until marriage.
Now, the study found that more than half said they had broken their vows within a year.
If that wasn't shocking enough, the article contains the following revelations:
"... Of those who [claimed to have] had sex after telling the interviewers they had taken the pledge, 73% denied having made the pledge" in the first place.
The groups which had praised the virginity pledges as a rapidly growing positive trend toward reducing teen pregnancy and raising moral values sharply criticized the study's findings.
But they should have continued to read. The study should be praised for proving what we have suspected all along. Teens aren't sluts, after all.
In its final paragraphs, the article reveals:
"The adolescents were also unreliable in reporting their sexual experiences.
... More than a quarter of [those who had claimed to be] nonvirgins in the first interview who later took a virginity pledge said in the next interview that they had never had sex."
A researcher conlcuded:
"'This puts a lot of error in these studies...' Virginity pledgers ... are more likely to give bad information - unreliable data - about their sexual history.'"
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? The teens LIED to adults - AND get this:
WHETHER CLAIMING TO BE VIRGINS OR NON-VIRGINS
So take heart, parents. Your kids are only wannabe skanks ... they dress, act, and talk that way cuz its cool ... but deep down, they're really Sandra Dee ...
Just ask them!
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