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Malhotra's statement reveals a conception of the human being that appeals to the utopian visions of much of the scientific community and has taken hold of many outside of the laboratory, as well. In this view, people are no more than a conglomeration of the genes that make them up. Granted, each person is complex and unique, but only because there are no two people with the identical combination of strands of As, Gs, Ts and Cs. As a foundation for human individuality and singularity, this belief system is pretty precarious...
...Utopian fantasy? Perhaps. But if so, it's a well-funded one. The U.S. Department of Transportation spends more than $1 billion a year on research and development for intelligent highway systems and improved traffic-management programs, and the Japanese may be spending even more. The U.S. government's Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act calls for the dot to develop an automated highway prototype by 2002. Japan's Intelligent Transportation System master plan calls for fully automated cars to be plying the island nation's dreadfully gridlocked roadways by the year...
...town was also the home of Fruitlands, a utopian community set up by Christian Transcendentalists who believed that fruit should be the mainstay of an ascetic lifestyle. They also believed all clothing should be of linen and private property abolished. Although the community was an economic failure, the Fruitlands Museums, which teach visitors about the Transcendental movement, are a popular tourist destination...
...town was also the home of Fruitlands, a utopian community set up by Christian Transcendentalists who believed that fruit should be the mainstay of an ascetic lifestyle. They also believed all clothing should be of linen and private property abolished. Although the community was an economic failure, the Fruitlands Museums, which teach visitors about the Transcendental movement, are a popular tourist destination...
Harvard is an institution of higher learning that simulates as much of a utopian setting as possible. Most desires can be fulfilled, and many responsibilities that people in the real world face are taken care of for us. While many aspects of college life require mature decision-making and an adult sense of independence, Harvard Yard is not the real world. It is a place in which people from all places, of different races, ethnicities, sexual orientations and religions come together to learn and socialize. Everyone is here because they are interested in benefiting from the richness of the Harvard...