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Thursday, August 18, 2005
I Sing the Body Electric...
As a recent edition of Popular Science illustrates, we're facing emerging technologies ranging from exogenous pregnancies to implantable brain chips. How will these affect the physical well being and roles of women and men? Possible implications range from affecting the abortion debate to end-of-life decision making -- and although many of these technologies are made with the intention of improving quality of life, has our quality of life really improved? Do we make the time to enjoy Walt Whitman's poem or Ray Bradbury's anthologies? Some questions to ponder...
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