[extropy-chat] TransColloquium Meeting: Dealing with NewPope'sCampaign

nvitamore at austin.rr.com nvitamore at austin.rr.com
Wed Apr 27 19:51:25 UTC 2005


From: Mike Lorrey

>You mean the Ford Foundation? ;) 

Funny.  But no, I'm thinking Vensim.

>Catholicism has the hooks in it to be reprogrammed, provided the right
>code. Ratzinger is, IMHO likely to only last a few years. He's 78
>already, and likely to be like the first John Paul, who kicked off
>after only a month. Popes generally are not as long lived in office as
>JPII was. I would suggest that, at this point, likely candidates for
>Benedict's succession be provided with the arguments that will enable a
>significant shift in church thinking when a younger generation takes over.

That too could happen and it just might. One thing I have learned over the
years is that (1) things take longer than expected and (2) not to put off
tomorrow what one can enjoy doing today.

Best,
Natasha

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