X-Message-Number: 7135 Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 15:07:14 +0100 From: John de Rivaz <> Subject: Re: Technology In article: <> writes: > Also, "technology" today is like saying > "industry" 150 years ago. An expanding sector indeed, but non the less > prone to crashes, and other sectors have done very well too. But technology growth is essential to cryonic revivals. If it isn't there, then we won't be there to observe it. If in stock market terms technology grows at the expense of other areas, eg hospitality and travel, then an overall index with be the total of growth and decline, and not do that well. Much turnover is at present centred on services, eg Financial Service companies have over the past few years been growing at the rate of electronics companies. However expanding technology will mean that people will be able to perform these services for themselves and the role of the intermediary will be reduced. Travel, leisure and hospitality cannot benefit that much from technology, and in any case personal transport with a much longer range than cars may replace many long distance public tranport systems the running of which at the moment are a big industrial sector. All leisure industry offers people is ways of spending their time, but with more and more technolgy getting into private hands, people will go to manufacturers rather than services for leisure activities. (ie buy an object they can use over and over.) To be competitive, manufacture requires technology, and in the limit that we can see nanotechnology make the manufacture of anything a printing process, ie make one then you can have as many as you like for very little cost. I say again, technology growth is essential to cryonic revivals. If it isn't there, then we won't be there to observe it. -- Sincerely, **************************************** * Publisher of Longevity Report * John de Rivaz * Fractal Report * * details on request * **************************************** In the information age, sharing can increase world wealth enormously, because giving information does not decrease your information. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JohndeR Fast loading, very few slow pictures Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=7135