tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post3094283138891446300..comments2024-03-28T00:27:14.676-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: Remembered what the 'knowledge belongs to everyone so you shouldn't profitFirehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-89815197181065176642009-10-15T18:47:48.322-07:002009-10-15T18:47:48.322-07:00This is a bastardized version of what the point of...This is a bastardized version of what the point of the book was, that scientific advances are coming faster and faster, and nobody is considering whether just because something can be done, it should be done.<br /><br />The standing on the shoulders thing was meant to convey the idea that the scientists in Jurassic Park had cleverly manipulated others' breakthroughs without considering the ramifications of their application.<br /> <br />Basically, you have short-sighted engineers building things that were theorized by greater minds without any thought of accountability.<br /><br />Seriously, the movie was good in its own right, but it had very little to do with the book except for "Hey, look, dinosaurs!"Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03889681055577032812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-10941061871612581792009-10-14T11:30:02.273-07:002009-10-14T11:30:02.273-07:00Someone DID say "knowledge belongs to everyon...Someone DID say "knowledge belongs to everyone, so you doing something with it and making a profit is bad."<br /><br />And his name is Lew Daly, and he said it here: http://www.dissentmagazine.org/online.php?id=177SordidPandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00657526230826604643noreply@blogger.com