[ExI] language

[William Flynn Wallace]

Been down - tornadoes.  Everything OK

(Yes, it's a government, just no hierarchy - totally egalitarian)

What if people decided not to degrade the language and add to it only by
vote?  The we could quit nicknaming and acronyming etc.

What if people are so genetically constructed that they can do any job and
everyone rotates jobs?

What if everyone had the highest IQ possible after thousands of years of
genetic experiments?  Ditto creativity.

Spoiler alert:  my book will be a satire.  Everyone and everything is
extremely well-designed.  But men and women are in  a huge battle over how
to invent their future, including themselves.  So, no nuclear or robot
wars, but the battle of the sexes goes on forever.  And Big Computer knows
everything about everybody but cannot reveal anything except by 95% vote.
Privacy concerns satirized, as everything everyone does is recorded by Big
Computer, and so lies, which could never result in any sort of gain
whatsoever, could be checked.  And all kids go through extensive
face-reading classes, social and emotional intelligence.




On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Adrian Tymes <atymes at gmail.com> wrote:

> If everyone has one vote, there is a government by definition.
>
> While there may not be personal property, there is property that some
> people are allowed to use more than others - by law, or just the fact that
> they do use it more.  Some people might see this allocation as unfair.
>
> This leads directly to politicians, who make a living out of manipulating
> opinion.  (Not being able to lie just makes it harder.)
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 10:57 AM, William Flynn Wallace <
> foozler83 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Curiously, my future humans cannot lie, and there are no politicians, no
>> government, no hierarchy - everyone has one vote.  This is also no personal
>> property, so nothing to steal.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Tara Maya <tara at taramayastales.com>wrote:
>>
>>> You forgot the language of politicians and lawyers, used to obfuscate,
>>> intimidate and mislead.
>>>
>>> Tara Maya
>>> Blog <http://taramayastales.blogspot.com/>  |  Twitter<https://twitter.com/taramayastales>  |
>>>  Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Unfinished-Song-Epic-Fantasy/310271375658211?ref=hl>  |
>>>  Amazon<http://www.amazon.com/Tara-Maya/e/B004HAI038/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1349796143&sr=8-2-ent>  |
>>>  Goodreads <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2951879.Tara_Maya>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 26, 2014, at 8:22 AM, William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> In my far future book the people use two languages:  one is extremely
>>> objective - no synonyms, no homonyms, nothing to confuse - designed for
>>> conveying strictly factual information with little to no room for
>>> misunderstanding.  The second language is meant for nuance:  prose and
>>> poetry, puns and word play, rich in adjectives and adverbs, etc.
>>>
>>> Aside from mathematics and computer languages, what more is needed?
>>>
>>>
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