3. Beware the zeitgeist. Three current technologies have been victims of the current culture: e-cigarettes, because no one likes the image of a teenager smoking, even if it’s not actually smoke; GMOs, because the technology smacks of hubris, our attempt to alter the natural order; and bisphenol A (BPA), because it is a chemical resin that can leach out of plastic baby bottles. All three technologies have been the victims of scientific studies purporting harm. And all three have suffered at the hands of the media. Negative press, however, shouldn’t blind us to the evidence.
