From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Wed Aug 21 2002 - 02:40:35 MDT
spike66 wrote:
> Anders Sandberg wrote:
>
>> ...I have noted that the quality of foreign policy ideas posted here
>> generally tends to be notably low; while there are some quite advanced
>> threads on science, people in general here does not seem to be well
>> versed in political science, law or history...
>>
> I am glad someone of Anders' stature has stated this. The extropian
> community has not displayed any particular wisdom in politics, but
> unfortunately politics seems to have become the majority of our posts.
>
> Let us acknowledge that we do not have access to the information
> that heads of state have access to. We dont even know what the
> real threats are. We are "informed" by news sources that we already
> know are intentionally misleading. I was in Seattle last Sunday.
> The two major newpapers ran headlines on the same story. One said
> "Medical Privacy Laws Tightened." The other said
> "Bush Weakens Privacy Rules." News spin?
>
> Let us stick to what we know well. Politics it aint. Let us not be
> ashamed to admit we dont know. spike
>
Wouldn't it be better if those of us so inclined broadened our
horizons a bit? After all, we are in the midst of a world that
seems hell-bent on destroying itself before us geeks can build
the cure-to-everything. :-)
Having access to information is not that hard. We have no idea
what information heads of state have or don't have and how
biased it is by their assitants and chain of command.
- samantha
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