Re: Big Names on Tech Trends and Society

M. E. Crane (mecran01@homer.louisville.edu)
Wed, 21 May 1997 11:36:13 -0400 (EDT)


Sounds like a good replacement for _Wired_.

I checked it out--the writing's pretty good, and the libertarian
ideology ought to appeal to many list members, especially the Tom
Wolfe article on Neuroscience. (I'm personally not that far down
the libertarian road, but different strokes, etc.)

Mark Crane

On Tue, 20 May 1997, Crosby_M wrote:

:For those not familiar with it, _Forbes ASAP_ is a spinoff of _Forbes_
:magazine that tracks information technology trends for corporate
:executives. Their 9612 "Big Issue" is available online
:http://www.forbes.com/asap/120296/the_big_issue.htm
:and spares no expense in gathering articles from big-name
:commentators.
:
:The "History and Politics: FLYING FAST ON MEMORIES AND INSTRUMENTS
:ALONE" section features articles from Mark Helprin and Newt Gingrich
:to Ralph Nader and Jeremy Rifkin.
:
:The "Private Life: FINDING OUR CYBER WAY HOME" section features
:articles from Esther Dyson and Michael Kinsley to Al Goldstein and
:Camille Paglia.
:
:The "Science and Technology: STUMBLING TOWARD A FINAL THEORY" section
:features articles from Bill Gates and Andy Groves to Nicholas
:Negroponte and Steven Weinberg.
:
:The "Public Life: ...AND SPEAK OF THE DEATH OF INSTITUTIONS" section
:features articles from Tom Wolfe ("Sorry, But Your Soul Just Died")
:and Peter Huber ("The End of Law and the Beginning") to Tom Peters and
:Michael Hammer.
:
:Finally, there is George Guilder's "Last Words: What Civilization
:Can't Afford to Forget" where he derides "a new generation of
:Nietzschean neuroscientists intoxicated with the notion that they have
:mastered the mind".
:
:You might find it entertaining.
:
:Mark
: