It Is A Mistake To Assume That

Ancient Recipients Of Instant News Probably Couldn't Do Very Much About It, For Instance. Xerxes Would Still Need Three Months To Get His Army Together, And He Might Not Get Home For Years.

Capitalism Is Very Far From A Perfect System, But So Far We Have Yet To Find Anything That Clearly Does A Better Job Of Meeting Human Needs Than A Regulated Capitalist Economy Coupled With A Welfare And Health Care System That Meets The Basic Needs Of Those Who Do Not Thrive In The Capitalist Economy. If We Ever Do Find A Better System, I'll Be Happy To Call Myself An Anti-capitalist.

Ethics Seems A Morass Which We Have To Cross, But Get Hopelessly Bogged In When We Make The Attempt.

Sci-fi Is Often A Metaphor. I Think It's More The Themes And Questions That Science Fiction Raises Rather Than The Exact Predictions That Should Guide Us.

I Think Ethics Is Always There; It's Not Always A Very Thoughtful Or Reflective Ethics.