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Unfortunately another theme of Michael Crichton books is that because of human hubris and corporate greed, the disaster is inevitable. Regulation and scientific
by patwolf 3y ago
Unfortunately another theme of Michael Crichton books is that because of human hubris and corporate greed, the disaster is inevitable. Regulation and scientific ethics don't matter because humans find a way. Although, maybe that's because it wouldn't make for a very interesting book if government regulation successfully prevented Hammond from experimenting with DNA.
- smallmancontrov 3y agoThe vibe I got from the book was not one of inevitability, more "if Hammond had actually spared no expense on any single one of these dominos, the lot of them would not have fallen together." Admittedly it's been a while, but I specifically remember being miffed at the whole "chaos theory dictates that dinosaurs will find a way to escape every zoo" thing, which turned a morality story about cutting corners into a mash of nonsense. Chaos dictates no such thing, of course, but the nature of entertainment dictates that if the dinos don't get out then you and I won't pay to see the movie, so yeah, at the end of the day we really ought to be careful about what inferences we draw from entertainment where the conclusion is fixed.
- vouaobrasil 3y ago> Unfortunately another theme of Michael Crichton books is that because of human hubris and corporate greed, the disaster is inevitable. Regulation and scientific ethics don't matter because humans find a way. This is exactly what has happened with humanity.