From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Mon Jan 29 2001 - 17:08:05 MST
hal@finney.org wrote:
>
> I want to respond to just one part of Barbara's message, because it
> suggests a problem in the way we look at things:
>
> > But our present system isn't working very well either. Not for the vast
> > majority of people living within it. Most people spend the majority of
> > their time doing things they don't want to be doing. For most people, life
> > cannot be said to be joyful.
>
> This may be true, but the problem is this. Almost half of all people
> live in China or India. I've never been there and I know little about
> their culture. Any analysis of what "most people" do must be based on
> lifestyles in these countries and other countries where the bulk of the
> people in the world live.
>
One thing you can be sure of. Most of these people will be very happy
to have your "problems".
- s
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