When I was a child, there was a tv show titled Bionic Woman; it was the female version of an already running show titled Six Million Dollar Man. The premises of these shows were that regular people were given bionic body parts. In both of these instances, they suffered devastating bodily injuries and are given enhanced technology to restore/improve their functioning. Ultimately, they both end up working for the government as secret operatives. So while I would support the use of technology to restore normal functioning in the case of serious bodily injury, I would absolutely be against the use of such technology for military purposes. Several years after the airing those tv shows, Terminator and Robo Cop arrived on the big screens. A warning of the frightening consequences of misuse of advanced technologies for military purposes.
Ideally, one would step into their yard and pluck their kale from the vegetable bed. Or perhaps, bust out their sewing machine and work the cotton fabric woven on their spinning wheel when in need of a new outfit for next month's fete. Unfortunately, we do not live in that world. Urban sprawl has ruined us and the planet. We need items and we need them now. We drive distances to malls. We order online. We eat out. We take out. We are now forced to measure our carbon footprints. Mine is not great. I pride myself on not ordering many things online despite the appeal of convenience. Instead, I try to plot my errands and purchases along established routes of child pick ups/drop offs, work and school. Admittedly, this is because I detest driving-- which makes my carbon footprint look pretty good. But not great. I could stand to eat out less and to drink less coffee....out of tiny plastic holes fastened to paper cups.
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