Pop Bioethics » Thought http://www.popbioethics.com Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:03:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Phone Numbers http://www.popbioethics.com/2010/01/phone-numbers/ http://www.popbioethics.com/2010/01/phone-numbers/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:11:08 +0000 Kyle Munkittrick http://www.poptranshumanism.com/?p=1484 I had a weird realization just now. I used to give my phone number in the seven digit form, assuming the area code. At my job, I’m asking for and giving phone numbers all the time and no one ever assumes area code. Everything is done in the ten digit form. Is that because of [...]]]> I had a weird realization just now. I used to give my phone number in the seven digit form, assuming the area code. At my job, I’m asking for and giving phone numbers all the time and no one ever assumes area code. Everything is done in the ten digit form. Is that because of cell phones? Or because I work for an nationwide company?

]]> http://www.popbioethics.com/2010/01/phone-numbers/feed/ 0 Thought For The Morning http://www.popbioethics.com/2009/12/thought-for-the-mornings/ http://www.popbioethics.com/2009/12/thought-for-the-mornings/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:56:33 +0000 Kyle Munkittrick http://www.poptranshumanism.com/?p=1198 It is currently very, very cold in the middle of the country. According to Will Wilkinson’s twitter, it’s -4 degrees in whichever part of the godforsaken mid-West he happens to be. Yet, despite that temperature being fatal to a naked person, I’m guessing people are still getting along just fine. Yeah, all that extra [...]]]> It is currently very, very cold in the middle of the country. According to Will Wilkinson’s twitter, it’s -4 degrees in whichever part of the godforsaken mid-West he happens to be. Yet, despite that temperature being fatal to a naked person, I’m guessing people are still getting along just fine. Yeah, all that extra snow is a problem, but nothing a few plows and salt can’t handle.

Humans not just surviving, but being only inconvenienced by blizzards is, to me, one of the great testaments to our species’ ability to adapt. Can you imagine what it’s going to be like when the electrical grid is replaced by self-sufficient, sustainable energy?

Another related thought: is government a technology?

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