From: Spudboy100@aol.com
Date: Wed Aug 30 2000 - 16:46:57 MDT
Al, a lot of the kiddies who played D&D in decades past have gone on to code
fansty games and such. Nintendo has come out with its latest, flavor, and
Bill Gates has developed his X-Box for the public. The gameheads have a
decent future and are no worse off then sports fans, who devote income, and
time in the following of professional athletics. Who is wasting their time?
In a message dated 8/30/00 11:37:58 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
memoria@memoria.com writes:
<< I'm sure that the science fiction reading Extropians that I've been running
into since college in 1992 who are waiting for that ideal future after the
singularity when they can upload their minds and create their own personal
universes are not escapists. The fact that most of them that I've known don't
do anything towards this end, hold dead-end jobs and play lots of Dungeons
and
Dragons isn't terribly telling, right?
The dream world that some have painted for life after the mythical
singularity bears an amazing resemblance to the religious doctrine of some
faiths.
Al
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Al Billings -- <memoria@memoria.com> -- http://www.memoria.com
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