From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Mon Sep 09 2002 - 10:15:30 MDT
>From: "Jef Allbright" <groups@jefallbright.net>
>Robert Wright has begun publishing a nine-part daily series on the
>emergent threat of terrorism, how it's not going away any time
>soon, and how most of the world's leaders don't get it yet. The
>first four installments are already available:
> http://slate.msn.com/?id=2070210&entry=2070211
> Robert Wright is a deep thinker and renaissance man, author of
>_The Moral Animal_ and _Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny_, and
>fits the issue of terrorism into the broader context necessary to
>understand it and effectively deal with it.
> This issue is highly extropian -- involving memetics, future
>quality oflife, strategy, more -- and critically needs the kind of
>deeper understanding common on this list.
Thanks for posting this, the first 5 parts are now available
online. This is very good material with lots of common ground.
I would note however that the title is misleading.
I hesitate to endorse it because this could cause some people not
to read it ( Well, if HE liked it... ;))
Brian
Member:
Extropy Institute, www.extropy.org
National Rifle Association, www.nra.org, 1.800.672.3888
SBC/Ameritech Data Center Chicago, IL, Local 134 I.B.E.W
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