Re: The Poor Masses

Dr. Rich Artym (rartym@galacta.demon.co.uk)
Sun, 27 Oct 1996 01:50:52 GMT


In message <199610261951.MAA24214@idiom.com>, Eric Watt Forste writes:

> It seems to me that in the long run 100% decentralization would
> result in the disintegration of the individual into freely roving
> subcognitive computational elements. Are you sure this is the kind
> of future you want to work for?

Hehe! Or indeed, into freely roving cells, or perhaps chromosomes,
or DNA molecules; or (shucks), give independence to quarks or strings!

Mind you, I don't think that this is what the original suggestion was
about. We're talking about decentralization within human social systems,
which reach 100% decentralization once the unit of granularity considered
is the human individual. That is indeed the kind of future I want to
work for.

Rich.

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