Re: quotations on "immoral" or "unnatural" technologies?

From: Alex Ramonsky (alex@ramonsky.com)
Date: Thu Apr 17 2003 - 20:05:53 MDT

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    ...A really good starter would be the absolute uproar caused by Queen
    Victoria implementing anaesthesia for childbirth : )

    Ramez Naam wrote:

    >As research for my book I'm looking for historical examples of
    >prominent people calling a newly developed technology immoral,
    >unethical, unnatural, and so on.
    >
    >For example, I have Jeremy Rifkin suggesting that in-vitro
    >fertilization would produce psychological problems in the resulting
    >children
    >
    >Quote: "What are the psychological implications of growing up
    >sheltered not by a warm womb but by steel and glass, belonging to no
    >one but the lab technician who joined together sperm and egg?"
    >
    >I'd specifically love to find past objections to contraception, blood
    >transfusions, organ transplantation, modern telecommunications, and
    >other technologies that people now overwhelmingly view as positive.
    >
    >Any thoughts?
    >
    >thanks,
    >mez
    >
    >
    >
    >

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