From: Julien, Howard (c) (Howard.Julien@mci.com)
Date: Tue Nov 10 1998 - 07:01:42 MST
For what it's worth I'd much prefer a government that remained clueless
until it was too late.
I had thought that having a techno-savvy politico like Al Gore was a good
thing until he showed his true colors on crypto.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Fabulich [mailto:daniel.fabulich@yale.edu]
Sent: Monday, November 09, 1998 5:39 PM
To: extropians@extropy.com
Subject: Re: Gingrich, Moynihan step down
Eugene Leitl wrote:
>
>On Sun, 8 Nov 1998, Paul Hughes wrote:
>> BTW, reading and/or writing science fiction does not necessarily make
one sane or
>> decent.
>
>I hated the SF book Gingrich coauthored, and I'm usually fond of
>alternative-histories genre. Revanchism military SF? No, thanks.
This is getting absurd. <sarcasm> Why don't we debate Gingrich's skill at
chess? I've always thought a good chess player, what with their
complicated problem solving machinery and all, would have than enough
intelligence in place to govern a nation. </sarcasm>
While I agree that it's nice for Congress to be forward-looking, it would
be much nicer if he had more libertarian leanings than it would be that he
be at Future Shock level 4. The future can take care of itself; all we
want/need gov't to do is get out of the way!
-Dan
-GIVE ME IMMORTALITY OR GIVE ME DEATH-
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