In response to Phil's concern about his Iranian
friends:
That's truly a tragic situation. . . . . So many
superb people at the mercy of technological destiny.
John: As someone who learned to bend over and kiss
my ass goodbye in civil
defense drills in elementary school in the 1950s,
read _A Canticle for
Leibowitz_ as a teenager, and held my breath
through the Cuban Missle
Crisis, I have to take that "at the mercy of
technological destiny"
with a large grain of salt.
Eric: Could you explain what you mean by that?
"Grain of salt" usually means to view a statement
with a skeptical attitude. What are you skeptical
about? My personal feelings or the undefined
notion of technological destiny?
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