>I'm not sure television has any simple effects; it might turn out that
>it makes certain people more passive but not others, increases certain
>forms of intelligence (possibly on the expence of other forms) and
>that it makes certain people have less inhibitions against certain
>forms of violence. The point is, this is a very complex phenomenon,
>well worth studying.
>
>But from a more transhuman point of view, how can we make use of it?
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How about spreading our memes via a wacky Extropian sit-com. It's a story about two cops that don't follow the rules. One is an upload with a jupiter brain complex, the other is only an inch tall but don't ask him if size matters. These hard-nosed rookies are there whenever individuals' rights are threatened, wherever irrationality, passive optimism, or technophobia raises its ugly head. Next week's episode:
"I Got Your Singularity . . . Right Here Pal."
Scott