From: Osher Doctorow (osher@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Wed Jul 10 2002 - 11:48:36 MDT
From: Osher Doctorow osher@ix.netcom.com, Wed. July 10, 2002 10:56PM
Well said, Anders.
Osher
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anders Sandberg" <asa@nada.kth.se>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: Current events
> On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 12:12:48PM -0700, Sehkenenra wrote:
> >
> > Yes Anders, but what better lure is there than technological candy?
> > Philosophies, ideologies... these aren't what (most) people care about-
they
> > care about getting the goods.
>
> But what are the goods? Is nanotechnology a way of making the world as
> flexible and accomodating as software that will change the economic
> system a lot, or just a new method of making stuff? Is AI about a
> digital secretary or cleaning robot, or a profound change in (again)
> economy and our view of ourselves?
>
> When people look at new technologies with old ideas about what goods are
> desirable (material comfort, safety, economy) they will try to shape
> them according to that vision. But our ideas about these goods go beyond
> this: we seek transformation, freedom, growth. And if people accept new
> technology but in an old context they are going to build it
> accordingly and create a situation that will strongly resist using it
> for our context. We need to build a vision of tomorrow that makes people
> think about each news story in the context of human transformation
> rather than as a continuation of today.
>
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