From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Wed May 17 2000 - 14:02:12 MDT
> Reidenberg is not impressed: "The notion that it's "permission marketing
> only' is a hoax. There's no way a citizen in our society can make an
> intelligent, informed decision about the risks of these implants, which
> would be sold through very sophisticated marketing by organizations with
> large economic interests whose goals are not to promote the public interest.
> That's a very scary vision for a democratic society.
Oh, I just love this. "There's no way a citizen in our society can make
an intelligent, informed decision..." Who asked you, Neanderthal technophobe?
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sentience@pobox.com Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
http://pobox.com/~sentience/beyond.html
Member, Extropy Institute
Senior Associate, Foresight Institute
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