B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for September 23, 2018

Great foresight.

<<“Fatti non foste a viver come bruti, ma per seguir virtute e canoscenza”.>>

Dante Alighieri ,Divina Commedia ,Inferno ,Canto XXVI ,vv112-120

He didn’t mention increasing the lifespan from mid-twenties to mid-eighties.

I’m no Luddite, but I do think we should always think through the consequences of our technological breakthroughs – what does it do to our environment, to our bodies, to our social and economic structures – and be just a little less anxious to blow up everything all at once. That might mean taking the longer view approach, but doing so could mean not having to undo the harm we create in our haste.

Technology enhances all aspects of life, both good and bad. We’ve always had the capacity for self destruction, and, yet, here we are and here we go!

The eternal question “Just because we can do a thing,doesn’t mean we should.”

uh oh. looks like the invention of the wheel leads to the destruction of Africa, Hawaii and Greenland.

I just hate when that happens

One possible outcome among so many? Nothing new there

…and it all began with a Segway!

If it wasn’t for technology we wouldn’t recognize Earth from space.

Nope not happening. Nonsense! The real Stone Age was nasty, dirty, painful and deadly. We don’t want that let the technology roll.

Notice how the quality of US presidents has decreased year by year since the advent of television?

Technical advances let my brother get to the hospital quickly enough to save his life multiple times – and not always due to his own recklessness! Technology gave us HOSPITALS! Technology allowed us to clean up the pollution from ages past so that the Thames River doesn’t catch fire anymore, like it did a few hundred years ago (forget the timeframe, sorry). Technology gave us a way to share beautiful music and art, to communicate with friends and loved ones across the globe. Technology gave us BOOKS!!

I like technology, keep your stone age.

Let me think …

The (incorrect) assumption here is that somehow the stone age was less violent and bloody than later epochs. Nothing could be further from the truth. Technology changes ever more rapidly, but man’s avarice toward violence nary a bit.

Most of our technological advancements have their roots in military applications. It’s fortunate that we can apply them towards peaceful purposes and the progress of mankind, but it will be a looooong time before man stops warring with itself, unfortunately.

The road not taken.

I love when technological advance focuses on the arts, like streaming music & video plays. A car in space is a classic tribute to Heavy Metal.

As long as there are mocha lattes.

If only.

What! The world won’t end because of global warming? I’m shocked! SHOCKED!

Happened already for them at least once. Try again?

I remember when Johnny Hart did this gag. Last of a week long series in which Thor was having ideas. He thinks up a skyrocket, then a missile, then a bomb; shakes his head and says “the heck with ideas.” Probably back in the early 60s.

Isn’t this a reprint of a rather recent comic?