Good science fiction would develop characters like David Morse's character in 12 Monkeys as protagonists.
On 9/14/18, 4:16 PM, "Friam on behalf of uǝlƃ ☣" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: "What then?" Well, my answer is we'll either be aware of our own ability to destroy the world[†] ... or we won't. Anyone who is not already aware of our ability to destroy the world is handicapped. So, those people are in sore need of an educational transformation. So what if such an education kills those of us who already know it? I'm willing to die so that the ignorant among us will learn their own powers. [†] As usual, "world" is ambiguous. On 09/14/2018 01:30 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote: > < But it's irresponsible to ignore the material cause: guns. But those who know me, know I'm an inherent supporter of weapon freedom. Anyone ought to be able to own (and use) pretty much any weapon they want. > > > Without getting in to the usual arguments of that discussion, my 2-faced position (not really) comes with the recent printable gun controversy. If someone wants to share a file, who is to say they can't do it? And sooner-or-later there will be the possibility of programmable fabricated nano-machines or organisms. The gun thing is just the tip of the iceberg. The possibly of genocide scale violence initiated by individuals or small groups will come with it. What then? -- ☣ uǝlƃ ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
