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sophacles
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The Myth of Technological Progress
I was thinking something similar. Things like biotech (GM food being the biggest day to day change) aren't even mentioned.
jimbokun
on Sept 4, 2009
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Well? Is biotech a significant, qualitative improvement to our lives compared to what we had in the 1950s? Has it contributed to overall better nutrition and health, or even in better tasting food?
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Golden Rice?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_rice#Golden_rice_and_vit...
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It has contributed to fewer people starving. That may or may not affect our life, but it certainly affects many lives.
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