Good point. However with technology it seems that change has been increasing
exponentially for the last several
hundred years. So change in society is increasing. I suspect this is related to the
breakdown in social behavior
that some people see.
An example of this acceleration in the speed of change is something I saw in the Wash
Post today. Time for 25% of
US population to get a car 50 years in 1950, for phone 35 years in 1960, for TV 25
years in ?, for cell phones in
20 years and personal computers in 13 years. New inventions get to people faster and
faster. Each one changes how
society works... Maybe we could focus more as a society on how to deal with change.
;-)
- Michael Smith, TeraTech, Inc http://www.teratech.com/
Bruce Heerssen wrote:
> As a very general rule, I feel more comforted when congress does less rather
> than more. There's a reason why bills are hard to pass into law. Too much change
> too quickly is not good for society.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 2:53 PM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: Re: time, money, energy as voting all the time
> >
> >
> > Voting with time, money and energy. Wow what a great meme! Explains
> > why market ecomonies do better in the long run
> > that centrally controlled ones.
> >
> > Gee under this idea the less that actually happens in Washington DC
> > the more the country looks like what most
> > people spend time and money on wanting... So a tied race in house,
> > senate and president could be actually good!
> >
> > One of the ideas in "The Millennial Project : Colonizing the Galaxy
> > in Eight Easy Steps"
> > by Marshall T. Savage, Arthur Charles Clarke
> > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316771635/
> > is to set up citying in international waters that are not under any
> > current national government and are true
> > democracies. This could be an idea who's time has come... ;-)
> > - Michael Smith, TeraTech, Inc http://www.teratech.com/
> >
> > John Foulds wrote:
> >
> > > I think we vote everyday in how we choose to live our lives: in
> > > conversations with friends, how we spend our money, the things we spend our
> > > time on and associate with, etc. The actual act of voting [once every four
> > > years, as a solitary event], is extremely overrated.
> > >
> > > p.s. "3 Brazillian Hookers"??? Is that a 80s band?
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 10:09 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Discuss politics at Community.CNN.com - Not here.
> > >
> > > > Might as well throw my opinion in as well. I think Clinton was a rather
> > > weak
> > > > president in some areas but it really doesn't matter. If he was caught in
> > > > bed with 3 Brazilian hookers the American people would still vote for him
> > > > over Gore and Bush. The only reason I voted for Gore was because I don't
> > > > like Bush or Chaney. On the other hand, I hate Liberman. If McKane was
> > > > running, I'd vote for him. If Bradley was running, I'd vote for him. Hell,
> > > > I'd vote for Cthulu if I thought my vote wouldn't be wasted, and that's
> > > the
> > > > reason I didn't vote for that egotist Nader.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Uh, guys, I was enjoying this before we started attacking eachother.
> > > > There's
> > > > > nothing wrong with the subject matter, just in how you're going about
> > > > this.
> > > > >
> > > > > If you want my opinion, I think that republicans and democrats have
> > > > nothing
> > > > > to do with idiots being elected to the White House. I happen to think
> > > > > Clinton is a strong president, even though I don't like the man. I would
> > > > > still vote for him, over both Bush and Gore. Don't like either
> > > candidate.
> > > > > Personally, I think that Bradley or McAnn would have made the best
> > > > > candidates for the White House in a long time. But of course, they never
> > > > got
> > > > > to the running.
> > > > >
> > > > > This year, I almost would rather not have voted, because I felt there
> > > were
> > > > > no good choices out there. And judging by the results, I would say that
> > > a
> > > > > lot of the American public agreed with me.
> > > > >
> > > > > Judith
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: Doyle, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 2:31 PM
> > > > > Subject: Discuss politics at Community.CNN.com - Not here.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Inevitably egos and foibles rear their ugly heads.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We should put any political discussion to bed before the flames rage
> > > to
> > > > > and
> > > > > > fro. Let's get back to issues germaine to the CF community, shall we?
> > > > > I'm
> > > > > > sure we would all love to internalize volumes of verbose bile, but I
> > > > don't
> > > > > > think we have the time.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Let's get back on track.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > For those with a deep-seeded desire to trade political barbs in a
> > > proper
> > > > > > forum go here: http://community.cnn.com/ <http://community.cnn.com/>
> > > .
> > > > > > It's a great place to discuss these important, if not hypersensitive,
> > > > > > issues.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Mike
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