IVIV (1) There Will be Computers for This
rich
richard.romeo at gmail.com
Wed Sep 16 15:39:04 CDT 2009
but technology only brought to scale the already compromised twins
being brother privacy and sister democracy
people have been getting fucked up the ass since god created assholes
(I kinda like the ring- ha- to that in a Wile E. Coyote way)
rich
On 9/16/09, alice wellintown <alicewellintown at gmail.com> wrote:
> The prophesy is not the point. The point is that Reet's great
> knowledge and skill will be replaced by a machine. Of course, even if
> one lacked Reets natural talent, one could go to public libraries and
> public offices to read about the land and even about many of the
> disputes, the projects and how they impacted the water flow, the flow
> of wealth, and so on. But the Computer makes this more readily
> available to more people. This democratic flattening of the world by
> the computer also compromises privacy and democracy. It interesting
> that Pynchon, whose name was changed from Pyncheon (Hawthorne also
> changed the spelling of his name) of the House of the Seven Gables, is
> so fascinated by the family disputes over lines and property rights
> and the like.
>
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