Underestimating long-term consequences of cryptoanarchy

Roy M.Silvernail roy at rant-central.com
Sat May 17 18:40:18 PDT 2003


On Saturday 17 May 2003 11:47 am, Tim May wrote:

> The general theme is purpose "the purpose of life." The purpose of any
> lifeform, or at least the outcome after competition and selection, is
> furtherance of life. Whether genotype or phenotype, whether actual
> instance of a lifeform or the DNA.
>
> The purpose of a U.S. politician is to be reelected. Nothing else
> matters. So the politician will say anything he has to say to be
> reelected. And he will spend money that is not his own to be reelected.

I'm sure Tim has read this, but maybe some people havent.

http://generalsystemantics.com/Systemantics.htm

The Postal Service is alive, too.  All systems are.





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