[nfb-talk] Proposal and predictions

[RyanO]

David, I fully agree with you on your prediction about synthetic vision. 
I've said before that society will come up with a "cure for blindness" long 
before it joins us in our belief that it is respectable to be blind. I heard 
a radio commercial the other day with a cheesy rendition of, "What a 
Wonderful World," in the background. The announcer asked parents to imagine 
how terrible it would be to raise a child without sight. The fact that a 
commercial like this can be aired in the mainstream today in a 
hypersensitive culture of political correctness speaks volumes.

Of course, world events may take us down a much darker path than the one 
that leads to artificial vision. I firmly believe that circumstances could 
lead us to a point when it would be a common societal practice to abort 
embryos that are deemed "defective" by doctors. We may even hit a point 
where our countries cannot economically sustain programs for the disabled. 
Some have accused me of holding an extreme view on this futuristic vision, 
but I sincerely believe that it is possible. War and economic collapse often 
drive people into extreme behavior.



RyanO