Mobius Dick is on a roll with technology commentary in its techno songs. This one, too, is a response to Joy's call for halting some technology research until we can better manage the potential dangers. But these cheesy science-fiction sound effects were scary to your parents and grandparents, when science and the atom seemed scary and new. Now those old movies seem homey and reassuring. That's how it will be for your children and grandchildren.
Cloning seems frightening now.
Damien Cave is a Salon contributing writer. All rights reserved.