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Suppose That Every Prospective Parent In The World Stopped Having Children Naturally, And Instead Produced Clones Of Themselves. What Would The World Be Like In Another 20 Or 30 Years? The Answer Is: Much Like Today. Cloning Would Only Copy The Genetic Aspects Of People Who Are Already Here.

Anybody Who Can Afford A Box Of Business Cards Can Afford A Web Site. Any Company With An 800 Number Can Move Its Services To The Web For Peanuts By Comparison. The Extreme Case Of Corporate Promotion Is To Strip Away All Other Aspects Of Your Business And Sell Goods Or Services Via The Net Alone, As Amazon.com Has Done With Books.

Risk Is The Sort Of Word That Is Easy To Discuss Upfront But Tough To Handle When It Comes Time To Pay The Piper. There Will Always Be Some Who Wimp Out And Second-guess When The Pain Hits, But That Is A Childish Reaction.

Another Random Thing I Do Is The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Or Seti. And You May Be Familiar With The Movie 'contact,' Which Sort Of Popularized That. It Turns Out There Are Real People Who Go Out And Search For Extraterrestrials In A Very Scientific Way.

Food, Like Anything Else, Lives In The Physical World And Obeys The Laws Of Physics. When You Whisk Together Some Oil And A Little Bit Of Lemon Juice - Or, In Other Words, Make Mayonnaise - You Are Using The Principles Of Physics And Chemistry. Understanding How Those Principles Affect Cooking Lets You Cook Better.