[extropy-chat] Wait a minute. What's our contingency plan?

[MB]

Well, it sorta sounds like re-enacting the Foundation Trilogy!

Preparation and archiving are very wise even if bad times do not come.
It's always good to know where you came from.

Regards,
MB

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005, Samantha Atkins wrote:

> You make very good points and bring up excellent questions.
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> >
> >
> > *** What should we do to keep technological progress humming along
> > should the world collapse into another dark age? ***
>
> The short and of necessity first answer is that we can in no wise allow
> the world to collapse into another dark age.  The question is how to
> avoid it.
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>  The most
> likely minimalist scenario is a (hate this) sort of secret
> society/priesthood guarding and maintaining the knowledge.
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> >
> > Not the government, not some hypothetical investor, not "the public"
> > suddenly getting a clue, but we, us. Not just technically feasible, but
> > here and now, with the resources we have at our disposal. Please don't
> > bring politics/ideology into this. They'll be cold comfort when you're
> > dead. Let's be pragmatic.