I applaud your initiative to question the true value of these "life-saving" techniques. In the last hundred years we have increased the average life span by decades and lowered infant mortality to almost negligable amounts, and as a result of this and other factors (like the increasingly consumer attitude of society both in the US and the world), we have done more damage to the environment and the world as a whole than we have in thousands of years.
Our death fearing culture, resistant to the realities of the cycles of life and the nature of our existance, cannot accept the idea of creating technology that improves the true qualify of life, and not just the length of it. Until we can stand with a holistic view of the world in which ALL things are factored into decisions about growth and change in our culture, we will continue to improve one aspect of our world, while leaving destruction and horrible repercussions trailing behind our "progress".
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I applaud your initiative to question the true value of these "life-saving" techniques. In the last hundred years we have increased the average life span by decades and lowered infant mortality to almost negligable amounts, and as a result of this and other factors (like the increasingly consumer attitude of society both in the US and the world), we have done more damage to the environment and the world as a whole than we have in thousands of years. Our death fearing culture, resistant to the realities of the cycles of life and the nature of our existance, cannot accept the idea of creating technology that improves the true qualify of life, and not just the length of it. Until we can stand with a holistic view of the world in which ALL things are factored into decisions about growth and change in our culture, we will continue to improve one aspect of our world, while leaving destruction and horrible repercussions trailing behind our "progress".