[LINK] What's a reasonable level of code-checking?

[Deus Ex Machina]

Rick Welykochy [pirkeepie at yahoo.com.au] wrote:
> --- "Darryl (Dassa) Lynch" <dassa at dhs.org> wrote:
> 
> > In otherwords, we are fast becoming a society of genius/idiots.  I used to
> > study history with an aim to understand the future, one thing I gained from
> > that was an appreciation for the cycles we go through.  We grow, expand,
> > innovate then specialise, finally comes the downfall.  We are currently in the
> > specialise section from my analysis.  I'm not sure what the downfall will be
> > like.
> 
> One can certainly imagine a few salient points of degradation of society:
> 
> (*) lifespans in the west begin to drop as we eat our way into oblivion,
>     both through quantity of food consumed and sad quality of processed junk;
>     heart disease and cancer become rampant killers of a sedate robot class;
>     see "Fast Food Nation" (http://www.mcspotlight.org/media/books/schlosser.html)
> 
> (*) as global warming marches on, 100's of millions will become eco-refugees;
>     see "An Unconvenient Truth" by Al Gore (http://imdb.com/title/tt0497116/)
> 
> (*) depression and mental disorders begin to rank as the number one afflications
>     in a disaffected and disconnected society
> 
> (*) health care and education services continue their decline in the west which
>     kills both human beings and scientific innovation
> 
> (*) with little to stop them, mega multinational corporations and their governments-
>     in-waiting accelerate their transfer of wealth and health from the lower
>     classes to the rich,
> 
> I could go on and on, but this isn't a Pessimism 101 class.

lifespans are still on the rise. there are no current eco refugees and
probably wont be this century. society is more connected then ever and this
trend accelerates. aside from socialised medicine and public education,
all these services along with innovation continue to rise. companies do
not transfer wealth, they create it. only commies insist on looking at
one side of a transaction.

Vic



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