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I was searching something this am and tripped over an astounding site that kept me occupied for hours. PLEASE - check it out and read as much as you
can...
abuddhas memes
www.drmenlo.com...
"How did we get to this place? Listening intently to the sizzle, so immersed in all the media-directed attention that the steak, dripping it's
vitality on the searing griddle of productivity, will soon be burnt. As most of us are already - burnt-out that is, with biological, human needs for
care and love and acknowledged interdependence pegged squarely against the need for basic provision; and, for the few, stuff.
The idea haunts me. If all Gaian humans consumed like us in the so-called developed places, we would need a few more planetships. So the plan is to
strengthen the "defense" capability of those who are "in" (read Euro-AmeriCanadian Australs) while maintaining a vast labor pool by means of
directed political and social instability; easily quelled by the massive allied forces if an insurrection gets too rambunctious. This makes clear the
role of our Intelligence networks, and reveals in retrospect the obvious.
Surely we must see this; if we can't share then we must exclude. Short of an energy and materials revolution, such as harnessing fusion and
nanoreplication, this consumptive fantasy will soon resolve itself in a way the Nazis would likely have approved.
Is strong AI, nanobots, and limitless energy the answer? Maybe, but I would qualify my partial optimism by observing our own strong anti-intelligence
and suspect ethicality. Perhaps the first Extropian colonist voyageurs will decide biology must defer in favor of energy."
Enjoy!
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