He wants to call our attention to the fact that there is a dark side to everything, even to things that so far have been very beneficial for us.
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We’re keen on economic growth and new product lines because we’ve been told that that’s the only way to have a life worth living
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Not at all. I find it liberating. I believe my life has value, and I don’t want to waste it thinking about clothing” (Jurassic Park, p. 72).
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So we’re pretty much prisoners to the constant demand that is placed on us to purchase new things.
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he wanted the money, and he paid for it with his life and the lives of a lot of other people
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Jonas thinks that if we’d banish the profit motive from our economy, we would also act more reasonably because we would be less eager about making a fortune.
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Once you’ve bought a Porsche, speed limits seem quite annoying.
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But such a cautious, even pessimistic, attitude isn’t too popular among people with a strong belief in technology, like Hammond and Wu.
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Jonas asks us to display something that is far more difficult to achieve than wisdom: humility.
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Hammond still clings to the idea that his great plan has simply been poorly carried out.