Staff Contributors
Guest Contributors

What the world needs now ...

Is a lot more solutions like this

Posted by JMG (Guest Contributor) at 4:10 PM on 09 Aug 2007

Read more about: Tanzania | innovation | tech | water pollution

This is what the world needs more of: a focus on implementing soft technologies rather than a mania to design ever more complex ones.

How about both types?

I'd like a 200 mpg car.

J.S. htt://voicesofreason.info
Americans won't support it.

The American way is not to simplify. It it is to complicate. It is what we do best. Look at our health care system. Hell, just look at the PC or laptop you are using and ask yourself a simple question. Do I really need all the software that it came with? For most of us it is a resounding NO. Look at your cell phone, do you really need all that crap that it comes with. For the most part NO is the answer.

The reason for this is that the more complicated you make something, the more profit centers you create. If the project is backed with public money, then all the better, because Congress will make sure that everyone in every important state or district gets a taste of the subcontracting.

Simplicity may sell in Africa. But in America, it is un-American and will be stamped out at the first opportunity.

Randy Cunningham

Randy Cunningham

You're Wish Is Our Command

I'd like a 200 mpg car.

http://www.gm-volt.com/

Hints From Heloise


Yeah, we can do a lot with thimbles and twine, but the real solutions are coming from high tech companies working in exotic newfangled materials like composites and nanotubes.

You are not logged in. Thus, you cannot post a comment. If you have an account, log in. If you don't have an account, well, by all means go make one! Meet you back here in five.
sign in
Search Gristmill
Subscribe
  • subscribe via RSSStay updated with the Gristmill RSS feed.
  • Add to My Yahoo!
  • Subscribe with Bloglines
  • Subscribe in NewsGator Online
  • Subscribe in Netvibes
  • Subscribe in Google
Using Gristmill
  • What is Gristmill?
  • Posting rules
The comments of Gristmill users reflect the opinions of those individuals only, and do not necessarily reflect the viewpoints of Grist, its staff, its board members, their psychotherapists, or their aestheticians. Got it?

Gristmill is powered by Scoop.

ADVERTISING POLICY


About Grist | Support Grist | Job Board | Archives | Grist by Email | RSS | Podcast
Gristmill Blog | In the News | Ask Umbra | Muckraker | Victual Reality | 'Tis the Season | The Grist List | The Bottom Line



Grist: Environmental News and Commentary
a beacon in the smog (tm) ©2008. Grist Magazine, Inc. All rights reserved. Gloom and doom with a sense of humor®.
Webmaster | Sitemap | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Trademarks