> Now, accuracy aside, I thought that was a fascinating notion. So,
> even though people of more agrarian times lived how ever many years, a
> young person in their teens has experiencially far exceeded them in
> many situations. Notwithstanding the sentimental rites of passage we
> put on such things as first kiss, first sex, first job, first car,
> first house..., I think people like Eliezer have assimilated knowledge
> and a perspective that is rare and extraordinary. He also has
> extraordinary tools at his disposal for acquiring vast amounts of
> knowledge, something unprecedented in human civilization.
I agree. In fact, this is something I'm going to speak about at
a conference next week (MASEVR 97, Military Applications of Synthetic
and Virtual Realities). My talk can be found at
http://www.nada.kth.se/~asa/Masevr/
It is somewhat "computer centered", but the main idea is that the young
generation is becoming something very different from the previous ones.
I hope I will manage to scare some of the brass with it... ;-)
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