Michael Wiik wrote:
>
> Well, anyone, my point is digital scarcity as an practice session for
> post-nanotech economy-of-abundance avoidance. I think any sign of a
> human beginning to transcend or initiate some singularity technology
> will be met by the same response we'd probably see to a second coming of
> Jesus -- SWAT teams, machine guns, cruise missiles.
>
--- a good fictional examination of this is James Hogan's
"Voyage from Yesteryear"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0671577980/qid=996538182/sr=1-13/ref=sc_b_13/102-0697053-5568128
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