[extropy-chat] Many eyes

[Samantha Atkins]

On Jul 11, 2005, at 2:02 PM, John Calvin wrote:

> "Ultimately we must have a transparent society."
>
> "Must" is a strong word, though I would ceertainly agree that
> Ultimately it is in our best interest to have a transparent society,
> though we have many other issues to take care of in getting there.
>
> There are benefits of a truly wired and trasparent society.   One or
> two times in my life, I have said something that was absolutley
> brilliant.  Unfortunately for the lack of ubiquitous cameras there is
> no evidence that I have ever shown a spark of brilliance.

Controllable persistence of one's own perceptions and thoughts does  
not require a transparent society.

- samantha