We have the technology!
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Tuesday, January 28, 2003 Today I am Excited One of my most favorite things is seeing technology achieve the goals that Sci-Fi has set. I'm a big fan of near-future/Cyberpunk fiction precisely because there are moments of prescient tech within the pages of good cyber-punk. And I LOVE it when this tech becomes (or starts to become) reality. Take cloning. I get very excited when ever a news story on cloning breaks, because I WANT it to happen. I was our society to have to DEAL with all the grave and disturbing consequences. I just finished an article on Wired about a big tobacco exec who has created nicotine free cigarettes. Sure, they will still KILL you, but it is one step closer to "safe" smokes a la Transmetropolitan . Basically the exec has the Amish (yeah. the Amish) grow genetically modified tobacco plants which he plans to sell as a new brand of smokes called "Quest". Quest cigarettes will come in three "strengths" so that you can step-down your nicotine intake like the patch. The article is worth a read. It looks like the Quest Cigs are on sale.... But I've only been able to find them by the carton on-line... Regardless of if these succeed or if they work to help you quit smoking, I'm excited by the prospect of being one step closer to worry-free and harmless vices. I want my cake and I want to eat it too... posted by JMV | 1/28/2003 02:36:00 PM | |
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