>From: "Michael S. Lorrey" <retroman@turbont.net>
>
>Zero Powers wrote:
> > Technotranscendence wrote:
> >
> > >I think what we might say is Zero supports many planks which would lead
>to
> > >a
> > >totalitarian society -- rather than that it/she/he is a totalitarian
>per
> > >se.
> > >This, sadly, is what too many people support.
> >
> > This is the usual knee-jerk reaction. But if you stop and think about
>it,
> > power equivolent ubiquitous transparency can not possibly lead to a
> > totalitarian society. To the contrary it will help to assure that
> > totalitarianism is never able to take hold.
>
>And so long as one person has a more powerful computer than another
>person, 'power equivalent ubiquitous transparency' cannot possibly
>exist, except as a propaganda piece used to dupe people into
>surrendering their civil rights.
As I explained in reply to your earlier message, computing power is
virtually irrelevant when it comes to merely browsing an efficient database.
-Zero
"I like dreams of the future better than the history of the past"
--Thomas Jefferson
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