Art and Nature and Technology

Rebecca Horn, Image Info

Andy Goldsworthy, Image Info

Andy Goldsworthy, Image Info

1. It strikes me that the greatest danger in making permanent choices that have not evolved slowly out of nature may be that we will only have ourselves to blame when the negative aspects of the changes occur.

2. What about the socioeconomic repercussions of being able to buy special skills or attributes, to what degree do we already suffer from those repercussions today/

3. What if we considered the 'tampering' with the nature to be a grey question that must be answered case by case in terms of possible harm and possible gain? I read in an interview with the Dalai Lama that when he was asked whether animal testing for medicines was right or wrong that, rather than making a blanket right or wrong decision, he would have to consider instead each case and how many lives those testing animals would save.