<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/5/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Lee Corbin</b> <<a href="mailto:lcorbin@tsoft.com">lcorbin@tsoft.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Leave it to Robert to get everyone to delurk a while, with a<br>typical incendiary post :-)</blockquote><div><br>But but but... That *wasn't* intended as an incendiary post. :-) <br>No, when I post something incendiary -- it will be *very* clear.
<br>I was genuinely trying to to engage in the discussion of resource allocation for the purpose of optimization (of lives saved, greatest complexity achieved soonest, greatest fraction of the phase space of molecular designs explored (and mostly discarded), greatest amount of art, music or literature created, etc.) -- almost *anything* but more of the boring sameness on the TV, in the political arena, in peoples lives (live, make babies, die), etc.
<br><br>A seminar I took many years ago pointed out that there are only 3 things in life --<br>"more", "different" and "better".<br><br>I'm trying to see whether there is any hope for "different" and particularly "better" gaining the upper hand over "more" [1].
<br><br>Robert<br><br>1. I consider the "more" addiction to be quite common in the U.S., perhaps in the "developed" countries in general (More SUVs, bigger houses, more money, more of our "enemies" killed before they kill us, etc.)
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