Re: Technology (Was: imaging the world)

From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Wed Mar 08 2000 - 02:44:00 MST


"J. R. Molloy" <jr@shasta.com> writes:

> How about a technology to end superstition and tyranny?
> I suggest we might call that technology "psychonomy" -- how do you like that
> name?

Reminds me a bit of agronomy. I see it more as a science than a
technology - the science of freeing people. The problem is of course
that we have no idea what such a technology would be at present. A
great deal of philosophy, psychology and sociology would likely be
involved, perhaps also economics. But at present we only have a few
scattered ideas about what it would be, and a few tools for it. Hmm,
we better get working on inventing it! :-)
 

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