Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

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Re: Feeling Powerless/Powerful

Author:	Fredrik Lundh
Posted:	12/17/1998; 1:59:47 AM
Topic:	DaveNet comments
Msg #:	1391 (In response to 1341)
Prev/Next:	1390 / 1392

>> As for the globalization I really think it's a great thing. We finally got over physical boundaries and we're starting something that I hope will be really wonderfull for mankind. <<

Yup. Imagine Bill and Saddam chatting over the Internet, rather than delivering pompous speaches directed to the home opinion

As Murray Turoff observed in the seventies, "computerized conferencing structures that allow a group to treat a particular complex problem with a single collective brain may well promise more benefit for mankind than all the artificial intelligence work to date".

Guess we need get some more people wired up, so we can start addressing the *real* problems...

Cheers /F

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