On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 10:57:41PM -0800, Alan Grimes wrote: > It would be a service-driven motovation system but I would expect a much > more sophisticated implementation of agency beyond a windows shell or > something.
Quite possibly. But my point is that the evolutionary root _and_ guiding principle would be that of a (Unix, ahem) shell. Intuitions along the lines of "it's self-aware, it's alive, of course it's going to be self-centered and free-willed, and if not that's slavery" are I think based in our own history and don't carry over. (And really, lots of self-awareness seems to lead to angst and self-doubt and acute depression and other interests beyond reproduction or powergrabbing as much as anything else...) -xx- Damien X-) ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?[EMAIL PROTECTED]
