On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 10:34 AM, David Brin db...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Alas, Pagel spins a just-so story that is conveniently and charmingly free
of reference to historical facts. For example, he ignores the fact that
innovation sped up, intensely and supra-liearly, as the number of
Prone to fads defines every urbanized civilization I've ever heard of, and
tribal societies are less given to innovation that he thinks, because the
traditional lore is a store of highly specialized local knowledge about
conditions whose changes are well understood. Even the odd
Unbelievably pathetic. thx
From: KZK evil.ke...@gmail.com
To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Sat, December 17, 2011 4:54:29 AM
Subject: Brin: Infinite Stupidity
Edge never fails to disappoint.
-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Sat, December 17, 2011 6:03:00 AM
Subject: RE: Brin: Infinite Stupidity
Prone to fads defines every urbanized civilization I've ever heard of, and
tribal societies are less given to innovation that he thinks, because the
traditional lore is a store of highly specialized
