Today we have greater wealth, health, opportunity, and choice than at any time in history - the fruits of human ingenuity, curiosity, and perseverance. Yet a chorus of intellectuals and politicians loudly laments our condition. Technology, they say, enslaves us. Economic change makes us insecure. Popular culture coarsens and brutalizes us.
Consumerism despoils the environment.
The future, they say, is dangerously out of control, and unless we rein in these forces of change and guide them closely, we risk disaster. Dynamists are united not by a single political agenda but by an appreciation for such complex evolutionary processes as scientific inquiry, market competition, artistic development, and technological invention. Mythbusters 'R' Us Mythbuster writer Michael Fumento challenges the many misconceptions popularized in the media. He maintains that too many media reports on scientific subjects are based on speculation and scare tactics. Michael Fumento is an author, journalist, and attorney specializing in science and health issues.