With the passing of Pope John Paul the II comes an opportunity to look back — as well as ahead — at the kinds of technological changes that can occur in 30 years. In the late ’70s we didn’t have cell phones or GPS navigation systems; cloning people was the stuff of science fiction stories; and IBM was THE provider of technology to the world. The definition of life had to do with how much time had passed since conception, and, at least at the time, the argument didn’t take into account medical technology.
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Technology Challenges for the Next Pope
Posted by: Rob Enderle April 11, 2005 05:00 AMWith the passing of Pope John Paul the II comes an opportunity to look back — as well as ahead — at the kinds of technological changes that can occur in 30 years. In the late ’70s we didn’t have cell phones or GPS navigation systems; cloning people was the stuff of science fiction stories; and IBM was THE provider of technology to the world. The definition of life had to do with how much time had passed since conception, and, at least at the time, the argument didn’t take into account medical technology.