-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Gilmore Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 7:45 AM
>In another context Paul Krugman recently reminded us that conspiracy theories >are dispensable, likely to be misleading, in the many situations in which >stupidity provides an adequate explanation of what is going on. The conspirators count on the masses' accepting the conspiracy theories and on the intelligentsia's applying Occam's Razor universally, thus making their (the conspirators) influence undetectable. Perhaps Occam was the most devious conspirator ever. >Whatever else the Internet may be, its evolution reflects a congeries of >diverse, finally irreconcilable ideologies and business interests; and no >simple dietrologia is likely to be very helpful in explaining it. Exactly as do national and international politics. There is never any single over-reaching reason for anything. Ultimately, self-interest directs the actions of all seven billion of us, including the desire to hide our self-interest. Bill Fairchild Programmer Rocket Software 408 Chamberlain Park Lane * Franklin, TN 37069-2526 * USA t: +1.617.614.4503 * e: [email protected] * w: www.rocketsoftware.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
