http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHtNFZ6K0pE [edit: note the presentation is not a critique. It is a recruitment drive ..]
Really, mk, am I my brother's keeper /question mark/ ;) ... > However, revolutions are like cutting off your foot to get out of a trap Hex 49. We are in agreement. I've actually lived it: you don't know what you get and there is every reason so suspect mass movements driven by a small hardcore ideologically driven center. [edit: it is very informative, mk, to consider the role played by the 'thin blue line' in conjunction with the degeneration of social mores (as promoted by Elite Media) in herding a certain sub-set of us towards the privileged status of Elite Lackey.]
Yes. However, we might prove increasingly harder to herd. I have this (half-baked) notion that a local production culture with a barter-based currency might be the out for the rest of us. If a currency can be created that more directly reflects effort, the rich are in trouble. That's a future essay. :)
I just saw my first 3D printer this weekend. Now I want one. This is going to change things: http://www.thingiverse.com/ Maybe we will go back to village life? :)
> Maybe we will go back to village life? :) I don't believe that would be permitted. ""A plumber or lorry-driver’s job cannot be outsourced to India. A computer programmer’s can." Stupid economist. I used to respect that rag ;P UAVs over Afghanistan are piloted from Florida ..
:) >Where have you been? :)) Once a year (for 11 years now), 3 friends and I meet somewhere, and have a 'conference'. We call it the Infinity Group as it was born out of an email exchange where we were discussing infinity. Each year, we need to present something new to the group. The rest of the time is spent just goofing off. Anyway, this year was NYC. I just got back. It's one of my favorite traditions. As luck would have it, we got this influx of traffic the night before I left. :/ >I don't believe that would be permitted. Funny, I have the same sense. But, transport/travel will become less necessary as time goes on, I think. I had a class in high school called 'Global Village'. Hm.
