Blanc Weber wrote:
--------------------------------------------------- In "Human Action", by Ludwig von Mises, he explains very well how nations which restrict their market options create the tensions and circumstances which lead to wars between them.
All of the good computer gurus I know have degrees in Political Philosophy, and the like. You must be one of them.
I was considering, likewise, that the current developing technologies might open up people's imagination to so many interesting things to do and new ways to get what they are after, creating a sense of "possibility", rather than "impossibility", that this would affect their outlook on life and their attitude and turn their attention to more positive things beyond killing - that is, beyond the idea of achieving freedom from certain influences by killing the source of those influences.
Are you part of a cypherpunks list conspiracy to balance my cynicism? Are you actually suggesting that there may be a spark of hope for mankind to prevail in the battle with the forces of mindless robotic sheepnocity?
In the "new world order", those influences would not be so threatening, as there would exist ways to route around them. This could reduce the tensions which would otherwise arise, leaving the mind open to more productive considerations, freed to think less in terms of destructive methodologies.
You seem to be one of the eternal optimists who can even see the possible good in AP. I suggested in a recent post that perhaps Green Peace could use the AP system to drain the profit margins of whalers without actually causing their death. Of course, I was low on Scotch at the time, so my idea cannot be taken seriously. -- Toto "The Xenix Chainsaw Massacre" http://bureau42.base.org/public/xenix/xenbody.html