Re: Human ID implant to be unveiled soon

From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Sat Aug 26 2000 - 11:41:39 MDT


Eugene Leitl has written,
> Cabine fever is a reality, and submarine crews only do manage to
> function for a limited time, under military law. I'm sure if
> occasionally things run less well than expected, it is not exactly
> makes the news. Resident former army/navy people care to comment?
>

In my experience, private cliques, rather than individual privacy issues, have
contributed most to social problems. Whether ID implants help or hinder societal
evolution will depend IMO on whether humans can overcome tribal instincts which
precipitate conflict.

--J. R.

"Something beckons within the reach of each of us
to save heroic genius. Find it, and do it.
For as goes heroic genius, so goes humankind."
--Alligator Grundy, _Analects of Atman_



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