From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 00:07:47 MDT
KPJ wrote:
>
> It appears as if Samantha Atkins <samantha@objectent.com> wrote:
> |
> |You can store an awful lot of data in some of those crystals.
> |And we should really get on with borgifying ourselves. Why,
> |most of us still look like everyone else and have no more
> |constant Net presence or continous augmentation than your
> |average nerd. The Collective awaits. And of course chanting in
> |moonlit meadows sounds like good clean fun and might actually
> |give us some physical body exercise without enduring the harsh
> |light of day most of us shun. :-)
>
> Those who long for "borgifying" and to become perfect cogs of the
> "Collective", should become loyal member of the local State.
Hmmm. There was a smiley.
>
> Be advised that the ``Borg'' metaphore includes dark undercurrents
> of collectivism, the communist/fascist contempt of the freedom of
> individuals, and meme of superiority of the technocrats over others.
>
There are many aspects to collective minds/entities. A few
simplistic strokes cannot capture the possibilities of any point
along the individuality, collective continuum. We cannot pick
our own best visions from a smorgasbord of relatively limited
posturings, many of which were formulated under increasingly
archaic assumptions.
I can agree with your point wholeheartedly but also point out
that it is far from all of the story.
- samantha
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