Monkeying around
I have been reading books on technology these days. One recent reading was particularly interesting. It explored new developments and how they are influencing the world at large. A summary is given here: “The blind can now see by bionic eyes. The paralyzed can walk by Neuro stimulation. While no one has yet multiplied loaves and fishes to feed the hungry, we can now grow fish from stem cells to accomplish the same miracle of provision. Certainly, the terminology has changed. The grandiosity of ‘omnipresence’ and ‘omniscience’ has been replaced by the prosaic ‘Zoom’ and ‘Google’ - but the underlying superpowers are the same. Technology now performs what once belonged to myth. We summon cars, conjure meals, and speak across continents as casually as across a room. Creation, healing, communication, and even nature itself bend to human imagination. If this isn’t magic, what is? ( And affirming the theme that humans are as gods ). And yet, for all this wonde...