Re: degrees of openness
michael k teehan (miketeehan@worldnet.att.net)
Sun, 7 Dec 1997 18:10:38 -0500
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> From: Brian L. Fritz <bfritz@shol.com>
> To: extropians@extropy.com
> Subject: Re: degrees of openness
> Date: Sunday, December 07, 1997 9:21 PM
>
> > May I add that without different ideas, without exchanges of view,
without
> > disagreement, without a constant infusion of new thoughts, how can we
ever
> > hope to accumulate and disseminate sufficient knowledge and information
to
> > advance the cause of humankind ???
> > AMG
>
>
> I'm currently reading the Ultimate Resource 2nd edition by Julian
> Simon. This is one of the books on Max's top ten to read list. One of
> the main themes of this book is that the benefits of a larger population
> generating more new ideas and different perspectives, generally out
> weigh the associated increase in congestion. It seems to me that this
> principle would apply equally well to this list.
>
> Brian L. Fritz
> bfritz@shol.com
>