So who decides on who are to be the elite ones?
Everyone with a phd? But I know a few really stupid professors...
Why do you think such an "arrangement" could be
worked out, but democracy cannot be made effective?
You watched/read too much sci-fi, they seem to come
up forever with wierd
Well, I was teaching a wonderful black dramatic soprano today and her answer to
this particular question was that there was something in the Caucasian gene
that didn't allow for serious long term cooperation.The statement sounds
racist but somehow you all seem to be coming up with the same
Well, I was teaching a wonderful black dramatic soprano today and her answer to
this particular question was that there was something in the Caucasian gene
that didn't allow for serious long term cooperation.The statement sounds
racist but somehow you all seem to be coming up with the
[from the August MINI-AIR]
1998-08-10 Evolution and Alabama
Last month's Scientific Correctness Survey asked:
Some people, including Alabama Governor Fob James,
claim that Darwin's theory of evolution is dead wrong.
This month's question is: Did human beings evolve
For those who are anticipating the possibility of ICT leading to a
decentralization of work, the paper referred to below should be rather
sobering.
Prochnik's findings for transnational firms in Brazil corresponds to my
more anecdotal experience, that rather than facilitating decentralization,
I think this must be the exception, in tribes
where the idea of surplus/private property
of the means of production such as land
and the separation of
of work did not occur. I don't remember any such
matriarchal structures mentioned in the inca
and other city-dwelling or nomadic ancient
Eva Durant:
So who decides who takes the role of the gamekeeper and
the role of animals?
Jay Hanson:
Policy-making would be done by an elite group of scientists and religious
and cultural leaders. Administration would be done by computers.
Obviously, working all this stuff out would take an
