[extropy-chat] learning to appreciate pessimists

[The Avantguardian]

--- Mike Lorrey <mlorrey at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Nothing is inevitable. China turned away from its
> great age of
> exploration by one act of government. It would
> otherwise have dominated
> the planet centuries ago. The Inca banned the wheel.
> The luddites can
> and will choose a new dark age and the deaths of
> billions in order to
> be right.

And the true irony of it all is that the luddites are
willing to use all of the latest cutting edge
technologies to do so. If you don't believe me, look
at all the luddite blogs and such. They would burn
Prometheus at the stake with the fire he brought them.

The Avantguardian 
is 
Stuart LaForge
alt email: stuart"AT"ucla.edu

"The surest sign of intelligent life in the universe is that they haven't attempted to contact us." 
-Bill Watterson


		
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