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In high-technology incubators around the world, biotechnology and nanotechnology together are spawning. With the literary imagination for which engineers are famous, the offspring of this union has already been named nanobiotechnology. The overt goal of nanobiotechnology is to completely break down the borders between living and nonliving materials. This goal has the most profound implications for every aspect of human endeavor, but in warfare the consequences of integrating our most powerful technologies are almost beyond comprehension. The fusion of nanotechnology and biotechnology will erase any distinction between chemical, biological, and conventional weapons, altering the face of war (and life) forever. Though I maintain faith that a Benevolent Glenn Reynolds will protect us, some of these issues echo Joel Garreau's description of the "Hell Scenario:" The Hell scenario is the mirror image of the Heaven scenario in a lot of ways. The spokesperson for this scenario is Bill Joy, the former chief scientist of Sun Microsystems. Joy looks at the same information that Ray Kurzweil does and says, “It could all go the other way.” He absolutely agrees that we are on this curve of exponential technological change that is changing what it means to be human. But he worries that this power could get into the hands of nutcases, with extremely bad consequences. The optimistic view of the Hell scenario is that we extinct the human species in 20 to 25 years. The pessimistic view is that we wipe out all of life on Earth. HAVE A NICE DAY!
As women march forward, more boys seem to be falling by the wayside, McCorkell says. Not only do national statistics forecast a continued decline in the percentage of males on college campuses, but the drops are seen in all races, income groups and fields of study, says policy analyst Thomas Mortenson, publisher of the influential Postsecondary Education Opportunity newsletter in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Since 1995, he has been tracking — and sounding the alarm about — the dwindling presence of men in colleges. Through a custom predictive algorithm created in INDC's own nanotech and bioinformatical warfare labs, I've been able to simulate a projected response from Pandagon's feminiacal Amanda Marcotte: "An illusion! One designed to further the PATRIARCHY'S scheme to maintain cultural and economic control over my WOMB! They send their aryan males to secret elite schools built in wilds of the Rockies and Poconos, you see. It's all funded by corporate sponsorships from the underwire bra-Hooters-brazilian bikini wax-industrial complex, a hidden oligarchy of rich old white men scheming to keep us robotic, hairless, servile and shackled in orange hot pants! Larry Summers! Keep away. The sow is mine! Stick your &*$#@ up her @$#, you mother*&%$#@!@ worthless &%$#@%$@!*" You know, or something like that. (Via Commissar) Posted by Bill at October 20, 2005 09:43 AM | TrackBack (3) Trackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: CommentsI think the article on college participation is a bit misleading, especially when it uses phrases like "more boys seem to be falling by the wayside" and "the dwindling presence of men in colleges." The article focuses on the gender ratio, rather than on the respective trends for males and females. This report (PDF) provides a good summary of college participation trends from 1967 to 2000. There was a slight decline in male enrollment from 1967 to 2000 from 33.1 percent to 32.6 percent; however, the late '60s percentages were skewed upward by people avoiding the Vietnam draft. If you look at the time period 1980 to 2000, the percentage of 18-24 year old males enrolled in college rose fairly steadily, until a slight drop in the late'90s. Since 2000, however, the percentage of males aged 18-24 has risen from 32.6 percent to 34.3 percent. On the other hand, "[t]he proportion of women ages 18 to 24 enrolled in college has doubled between 1967 and 2000, from 19.2 to 38.4 percent," which does show the great progress that has been made in the past few decades. Dare we give partial credit to...feminism? Posted by: Hubris at October 20, 2005 12:03 PM I wasn't under the impression that it didn't focus on gender ratio. And gender ratio disparity in education ... Currently, 135 women receive bachelor's degrees for every 100 men. That gender imbalance will widen in the coming years, according to a new report by the U.S. Department of Education. ... can be a serious problem, from a practical economic and sociological perspective. Especiallyu since the gap is widening. David Brooks: The differences become monumental in college. Women are more likely to enroll in college and they are more likely to have better applications, so now there are hundreds of schools with a female-male ratio of 60 to 40. About 80 percent of public administration, psychology and education majors are females. And here's the most important piece of data: Until 1985 or so, male college graduates outnumbered female college graduates. But in the mid-'80s, women drew even, (which is good -- ED) and ever since, they have been pulling away at a phenomenal rate. (not so good -- ED) A society with an educational balance tipped so heavily towards women - which is currently an increasingly inevitable trend - creates problems for both men and women. And one might ask, why is the balance shifting so rapidly, and how might knee-jerk feminism stifle honest discussion and analysis of the trend? I mean, if one's whole schtick is to argue from a standpoint that women are oppressed by a patriarchal structure designed to maintain control, a whole, "rebel alliance fighting the penis-shaped death star" narrative, it's challenging to acknowledge the flip side of such advocacy. So yeah, I do give partial credit all around. I'm not talking about feminists that won the right to vote, or that demand freedom from harrassment in the workplace, entry into subjectively forbidden professions - I'm deriding a feminist like Marcotte that sees the world through a impenetrable kaladaiscope of Georgia O'Keefe paintings, clinging like a pit bull to the perpetually aggrieved prism of identity politics. This does more to paint women as "diminshed creatures in need of protection and special status" than equals, IMO. Now Hubris, can you please stop trying so hard to score brownie points with the ladies? Just butch up and send flowers, or something. MEMBERS OF THE PATRIARCHY MUST STICK TOGETHER AT ALL TIMES OR FACE CASTRATION AND EXPULSION. Posted by: Bill from INDC at October 20, 2005 12:31 PM Christina Hoff Sommers has been on this for years. I recommend The War Against Boys. Posted by: Jeff G at October 20, 2005 12:40 PM No wonder I feel oppressed. It's the damn matriarchy. I demand special privileges. Posted by: rbj at October 20, 2005 01:13 PM Note: bugmenot login for the Dallas News Brooks article: marketing@dallasnews.com You're one up on the author of the linked article, methinks. In the article, it's presented as a ratio issue and an absolute decline (e.g. "dwindling"). I think it's important to note that it's a difference in the acceleration rates rather than an increase/decrease divergence for females and males. The problem is isolating the variable(s) causing enrollment/attainment differences. I'm for equality of opportunity rather than equality of outcomes (while outcomes do provide evidence vis-a-vis equality of opportunity). Is it caused by educational discrimination against boys? If so, I wouldn't expect the continued increase in percentages for boys (again, the percentage increase just isn't as large as it is for the girls). What other factors are in play here--is there less incentive for boys to finish school because it is easier for them to get blue-collar jobs that pay relatively well? Is this really a reflection of the divergence of the new classes of the information age, rather than a problem with the "feminization"? of education? In any case, the suggestions from Brooks (e.g. "[b]oys are asked to sit quietly for hours at a stretch under conditions where they find it harder to thrive") made me laugh. That doesn't sound like feminization, it sounds like "school." I don't mean to say that it isn't a valid topic for discussion, I just think conclusions are being drawn too rapidly and easily. DO NOT RESTRAIN MY TESTICLES OF TRUTH WITH THE JOCK OF THE PATRIARCHY! Posted by: Hubris at October 20, 2005 01:28 PM Radical Evolution was a very good book. Posted by: TallDave at October 20, 2005 01:34 PM "[b]oys are asked to sit quietly for hours at a stretch under conditions where they find it harder to thrive") made me laugh. That doesn't sound like feminization, it sounds like "school." That's actually sort of a legit critique of "school," and how boys behave and best learn, but yeah, it's not like it's changed ... but on topic ... But there are different issues here - 1. Why is this gender ratio changing, how to analyze it and what, if anything, to do about it. You focus on this some in your first and latest comment. 2. Another issue - whether the feminists that I'm joshing are living with an artificially exegerrated perception of cultural patriarchal oppression, when in fact there is at least one very significant data point indicating that women are actually moving towards being disproportionately equipped to succeed in comparison to males. That we could be actually moving towards a "matriarchy." (which makes me yawn a bit because I'm about "equality of opportunity" over "outcomes" as well). You sort of slap at my feminism-related critique a bit with your first comment. WHICH FORCES ME TO LABEL THEE - VESTED WITH THE OFFICIAL AUTHORITY OF THE PATRIARCHY - A WAVING, FLAPPING 'MANGINA.' Posted by: Bill from INDC at October 20, 2005 01:42 PM Eh, I didn't mean to slap at it, sorry if it came across that way. I'm more focused on the alarmist nature of the subject article, which doesn't do much of anything to analyze causation. Also, I think that there's a frequent tendency (not by you, you were specific) to throw out the feminism baby with the examples of overheated-feminist-rhetoric bathwater. I would say that even within the linked feminists, there is a discernible difference between the rhetoric of, say, Feministe and Pandagon. One mirror-of-Summers'-argument possibility is that on average, women are better at the tasks attendant to completing college when there's a neutral playing field. Or it could be something else. I have no idea, to tell you the truth, and I'm going to stay away from Brooksian speculation. By the way, "Mangina" is actually what I'm going to call myself when I give up my male "slave name." Posted by: Hubris at October 20, 2005 01:51 PM I don't get this whole "kallage edumacashun" bit anyhoo. I mean, whys can't dem wimmens be happy in tha kitchins, bare footed and impregnated, like they belong? Y'all keep goin' to get yer fancy skoolin' I was smart enough I din't has to komplete higher then the 3rd grade. Posted by: phin at October 20, 2005 01:56 PM Hey Bill: here is some unrelated Firefly fun. Posted by: Adam at October 20, 2005 10:05 PM Dude, are you picking on me again? You wouldn't hit a girl with glasses... Posted by: Lauren at October 22, 2005 12:41 AM I cannot condone your demeaning use of the term "girl" to describe an adult womyn. Posted by: Bill from INDC at October 22, 2005 02:29 PM I only use "girl" when it benefits me. Patriarch. Posted by: Lauren at October 22, 2005 04:19 PM You can't be 67074 serious?!? Posted by: Mary Box at July 20, 2006 10:53 PM atk natural and hairy natalya hairy granny sex Posted by: Mjlucnmaey at October 4, 2006 01:54 PM I think the article on college participation is a bit misleading, especially when it uses phrases like "more boys seem to be falling by the wayside" and "the dwindling presence of men in colleges." 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