re: Hal Finney: "Re: Some questions on the Extropy Institute philosophy..."

From: Amara Graps (amara@amara.com)
Date: Wed Mar 20 2002 - 11:44:32 MST


John Benner, continuing his _very polite_ discussion:
>The field I feel we are furthest
> behind in is the adaption of people to technology.

Isn't it just as, or, more important, to 'adapt the technology to the
people'? Your question seems to assume that technology is forced on
the individual.

The individual *chooses* (building it, if possible, or
buying/accepting it, if available) of what is and what is not useful
to advance one's life, furthering one's goals.

Amara

(who chooses not to own a car, mobile, or a TV, but uses computers
during a large percentage of my waking day)

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