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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Robert writes<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>> think of it in fundamental terms --
survival and reproduction --</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>> no survival = no reproduction; no
reproduction = no survival. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>> All of the rest of it is layered on
top of that. Tribes -- promote</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>> survival and reproduction.
Marriages (or families) -- promote</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>> survival and reproduction.
Religions -- promote survival and</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>> reproduction. Political parties
-- promote survival and reproduction. <BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Superb summary! No
kidding! I could hardly fail to disagree less!</FONT></DIV>
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size=2></FONT><BR><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>> Humanity is in the
process of transitioning from survival and</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>> reproduction at the gene level to
survival and reproduction at</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>> the body level to survival and
reproduction at the tribe level to</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>> survival and reproducation at the meme
level. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Let me rephrase that (or into today's most
fashionable jargon: "unpack" it).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Humanity is in the process of transitioning
from (gene survival + reproduction)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>to (body survival + reproduction) to (tribe
survival + reproduction) to, finally,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>(meme survival +
reproduction).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>But what happened to *me* in
there? I'm more than my memes, pal.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Don't forget my memories.</FONT></DIV>
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size=2></FONT><BR><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>> As the rate of change
increases (the singularity) it is likely that only</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>> those who adopt the path of greatest
flexibility will survive.<BR>> You must be willing to give up everything you
are for what you might</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>> become: Unfortunately very very
few individuals in the world today</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>> grasp this -- they are more concerned
with being who or what they</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>> "are" than simply
"being".<BR><BR>That's me, maybe. I don't want to "become", especially if
the end </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>product is not me. I would
rather "are". As you put it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Secondly, if the Singularity tarries, there
won't be any people,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>me or like </FONT><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2>me either one, you or like you, <FONT face="Times New Roman">
<STRONG>seņor </STRONG></FONT><FONT
face="Courier New">Bradbury. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><EM><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>La
ilaha ila Allah; Muhammadur-rasul Allah. </FONT></EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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