[ExI] Of Flying Cars and the Declining Rate of Profit

[Keith Henson]

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 7:37 AM,  Stefano Vaj <stefano.vaj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Long, and somewhat moralistic, piece that OTOH to a large extent expresses
> in a more eloquent and documented way what I have been repeating for a
> while...
>
> http://www.thebaffler.com/past/of_flying_cars
>
> Of Flying Cars and the Declining Rate of Profit
>
> David Graeber
>
> from The Baffler No. 19
>
> A secret question hovers over us, a sense of disappointment, a broken
> promise we were given as children about what our adult world was supposed
> to be like.

snip

> Even those inventions that seemed ready to emerge-like cloning or
> cryogenics-ended up betraying their lofty promises. What happened to them?

I wonder where this guy has been the past 16 years?
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_%28sheep%29)

I don't know about the rest of you, but using the wrong word for
cryonics is an instant indication that the rest of the article may be
a waste of time to read.

Keith