So much for high tech—what about high touch?

In a recently concluded poll, IEET readers showed a mix of attitudes toward the “scientific discoveries and technological accomplishments” of the last ten years. Now we want to know what you think about the social and political developments of that same period.

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Posted by sraosha  on  01/07  at  12:04 PM

Whooaaattttt.... I just did this new poll and checked the result ... I can't believe how quick the figure showed 100% "Sadly, going in reverse"... Something IS definitely not right with the world's social and political development!!!!!!

Posted by Max Kaehn  on  01/07  at  06:25 PM

I don't think we're actually going in reverse; I think forward progress is just causing a lot of people who haven't changed to act out as the world changes around them.

Posted by veronica  on  01/07  at  10:24 PM

"It was a decade that saw a spike in religiously inspired terrorism, "

I suppose you could've written: "It was a decade that saw a spike in Islamic terrorism." This formulation is more precise and doesn't paint quite a broad brush on all religions.

"a largely unpopular and highly controversial U.S. President (George W. Bush)... and ... the election of the first African-American U.S. President"

Wouldn't it be more fair to compare the two presidents at the same time into their presidency? According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approval_rating
"Obama joins the two most recent fellow Democrats (Clinton and Carter) and two recent Republicans (Reagan and Ford) in falling below 50% approval within the first year in office. While his predecessor, republican George W. Bush, enjoyed high approval ratings throughout his first years, Bush had very low approval numbers by the end of his second term. "

I can imagine that many people would like to add another option in the polls. For Democrats (Republicans), the choice would read something like: "it was a horrible (wonderful) first 9 years, but the last one was really good (bad)."

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