Then we can go outside, visit, make new friends. Indeed he has, he admits, but years ago, and not often. Our conversation strays to other aspects of popular science. We discuss computers, cloning, robotics. The common thread in his responses, I find, is a willingness to let the future take its course.
Technological progress is neither inherently good nor bad.
Everything depends upon motivation and results. So, once again, the gathering of information is neither good nor bad. He takes a similarly broad view of robotics, saying that there is no theoretical limit to artificial intelligence. It's difficult to leave, but his attendants are restless and the next visitor is waiting in the wings. Even as I walk off, I can't help myself.