With all this technophobia and anti-science malarkey going on these days -- even though it is the 21st century -- I have to conclude that the Unabomber has won. I've noticed that when I mention potential technological advances and such on other tribes and what-have-you, most people respond in a very hostile manner. As if technological advancement is the height and depth of evil. They even disregard the irony of using the technology of the internet to express their anti-technology beliefs. Moreover, the pace of technological advancement is slowing down -- at least accoring to my estimation. Nuclear fusion should be available by now. Unfortunately -- due to this technological slow-down -- fusion may not arrive for decades or not at all. The first human Mars landing was supposed to happen in the mid 1980s. Now a human Mars landing may never happen either.

In this age of spectacular mediocrity, many people seems to be very happy to resist technological change despite the fact that change is an unavoidable consequence of exisitence. This resistence to change seems so strong to me that the Unabomber's dream of a return to pre-industrial technology could actually come true within the coming decades. And yes, I know the Unabomber is a brilliant mathematical genius. But the fact is that a lot of folks who aren't so smart agree with his manifesto which -- according to my judgement -- doesn't make sense.