Comments on: The deceptive notion of technical progress http://www.wisemandarine.com/the-deceptive-notion-of-technical-progress/ none the wiser Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:20:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: mandarine http://www.wisemandarine.com/the-deceptive-notion-of-technical-progress/#comment-329 mandarine Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:47:48 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/the-deceptive-notion-of-technical-progress/#comment-329 ...and when you think of all the effort wasted by the fierce competition (advertising, secrecy, shortcuts), you can start seriously questioning whether this is the best way to advance medicine. …and when you think of all the effort wasted by the fierce competition (advertising, secrecy, shortcuts), you can start seriously questioning whether this is the best way to advance medicine.

]]> By: kate http://www.wisemandarine.com/the-deceptive-notion-of-technical-progress/#comment-328 kate Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:20:23 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/the-deceptive-notion-of-technical-progress/#comment-328 Thoughtful post ... as I was reading, I began thinking about medical advances, particularly in the new drug development area. Pharmaceutical companies are rushing to develop all these new drugs and compounds and spending enormous sums of $$. We are all led to believe that this is good - competition at its finest. Few question if this is a good use of resources. Will we really be better off with slightly-refined forms of already existing drugs? ... Just another example of technology being used to further progress, I suppose. Thoughtful post … as I was reading, I began thinking about medical advances, particularly in the new drug development area. Pharmaceutical companies are rushing to develop all these new drugs and compounds and spending enormous sums of $$. We are all led to believe that this is good - competition at its finest. Few question if this is a good use of resources. Will we really be better off with slightly-refined forms of already existing drugs?

… Just another example of technology being used to further progress, I suppose.

]]> By: mandarine http://www.wisemandarine.com/the-deceptive-notion-of-technical-progress/#comment-327 mandarine Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:27:46 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/the-deceptive-notion-of-technical-progress/#comment-327 If there is one thing I have learned from my experience in aerospace research and development, and from building my home, it is that every extra minute spent thinking things through (against the screaming commercial pressure that wants it now), is rewarded millionfold. If there is one thing I have learned from my experience in aerospace research and development, and from building my home, it is that every extra minute spent thinking things through (against the screaming commercial pressure that wants it now), is rewarded millionfold.

]]> By: Emilybarton http://www.wisemandarine.com/the-deceptive-notion-of-technical-progress/#comment-326 Emilybarton Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:16:19 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/the-deceptive-notion-of-technical-progress/#comment-326 I like your sports analogy, and you're right: we need to take the time to think, dicuss, disagree, and choose, but we so often forget that in our need to "move onto the next best thing." I like your sports analogy, and you’re right: we need to take the time to think, dicuss, disagree, and choose, but we so often forget that in our need to “move onto the next best thing.”

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