Continuing on http://mystic-babe.blogspot.com/2009/07/death.html, I was wondering if we will re-invent death and introduce it to our appliances. I think we will do this pretty soon, mobiles will die in 3 years. They will decompose and get back to nature just like we do. TV;s 5 years? cars 10-15? houses - 100? or 25?
Death of animals was by design , destruction is as much needed as creation. we are still baby- creators so we untill now in the civilisation have thought of only creation, destruction took care of itself.. ( wonder if early life forms died of old age? do viruses die of old age? when did old age and death evolve? ) Only now - after thousands of years of civilisation - the big recycle problem- is really a problem.
and We have to copy nature once agian...use its wisdom. so when we create anything new.. we will plan its death, put in a timer - set its life time, plan its death and decomposition....
We will also save on lot of resources.. many houses are built to last 300 years but are demolisdhed in 30-40 years? if we plan on death and re-use we will save lot of resources and money.
As the civilisation progresses i think we learn more and more about nature and understand why everything is the way it is...we settle down...we are making a big fuss but we just invented non recyclable things...we will learn. we are adaptable species.
Death used to be fascinating/feared then it turns out it is bare necesity of nature...and immortality on the other hand seems more like curse and It is impractical from natures point of view :)
We should plan death of software as well....self destructing source code - become redundant after certain date - other wise test_app.c will still be there in 2050 :) or should we??
- DNA doesnot die, design of new animals is never from scratch -we still have legacy code like gills when we are embryos!!!...
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There a lot of theories for aging...Actually there is lot of read on this subject...
(BTW I dont like aging, i mean I wouldnt like my mobile to age, but I would like to die tho and decompose :-) )
The last line more or less completes - test_app.c will remain forever but applications and build options will die and be reborn. There will be Mr Smiths and Mr Andersons or Neos.. but from the same source.
ReplyDeleteregarding first part of the blog - nature is the way it is but so far human effort has been to challenge and deviate from it. So for some time our creations will continue to be not recycle-required :-)
we challenge and deviate but we do that many times by copying nature.
ReplyDeletewe wont recycle because it good for earth, we will do it because its bad for us. so bad that we cant do without it.