 I just don't buy that Earth Goddess hippie shit. Nature has always been our enemy. All Earth wants to do is to eat us. Gaia made a stupid error when she created us and we've been able to make her pay for it ever since. Our cultures evolve faster than our bodies and this is a good thing. It keeps us ahead of the curve. In nature, behind the curve means extinct. Sure, this means we're basically apes in space suits but that's better than being an ape in a Saber Tooth Tiger's jaws.
But sometimes our culture outstrips our physical evolution to the point where we're like moths flying into a candle. You see, the reason moths do that is because they orient themselves by the stars. It's a reaction honed over millions of years. Candles are very recent and they haven't been able to adapt. So they burn themselves to death. In some cases we still haven't adapted to the techs we already have. In some cases we're like candle building moths.
Territory and the urge to defend it through war was an instinct that served us fairly well until the atomic bomb made both concepts obsolete. Now it's a candle flame and we're the moths.
That's bad enough and it might actually be an unsolvable problem. To make things worse, the idiots at DARPA have decided that insects should reach the singularity before we do. They want to make cyborg insects for defense purposes. I have enough trouble keeping the ants out of the cat food as it is. I don't want to be battling cyborg ants without a laser cannon for an arm.
Is DARPA insane?
Short answer: Yes.Labels: army, cyborgs, insects |
