From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Mon Jul 01 2002 - 10:14:58 MDT
I thought this story from the S.F. Chronicle was
rather interesting:
> Spreading the word
> Bay Area book lovers play 'follow the reader' in global giveaway with online tracking
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2002/06/30/BA236418.DTL&type=printable
as was
> MELTING METALS IN A DOMESTIC MICROWAVE
http://home.c2i.net/metaphor/mvpage.html
but leaving that aside and only commenting on people
leaving books in interesting places -- is there an
effective multiplier effect in this process?
Knowing an individual, living in the Bay area, such as Spike,
who has a very large book collection, I am driven to wonder
what kind of multiplier effect he could initiate. Of course
if the sub-culture is unique to the bay area, the multiplier
effect might be minimal.
It seems to me to be an important question to ask --
"Are we spreading an awareness of the singularity
faster than it is spreading itself?"
There is a distinct difference between attempting
to steer a vehicle down a road one has absolutely
no knowledge of and steering said vehicle down a
road wrapped in fog that one had the benefit of
designing oneself.
Can we lay the track as the train rolls on?
R.
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