Posts Tagged ‘Michael Crichton’
2012: Why are we so afraid of the future?
Posted at 2:07 pm | Filed Under Michael Crichton, Skepticism, Viewpoint, environmentalism
It’s a truism that films about the future are more about people’s current attitudes and fears projected into the future than real predictions.
And the next, greatest disaster movie 2012 by Roland Emmerich is no exception. It’s really the message of extreme environmentalism that we humans are sinning against nature and Mother Earth and one day [...]
Michael Crichton: The Age of Conformity
Posted at 5:53 am | Filed Under Michael Crichton, Viewpoint, environmentalism
Just a note about something I enjoyed reading.
From Slate magazine
Just as you were slammed as a Japan-basher, you’ve been called a denialist (and worse) for your climate-change views. Do you think that stands as another example of how the media stifle debate?
The truth is, we live in an age of astonishing conformity. I grew up [...]