yep. It would be great if sobebody developed a memetic system to bring them to our side. As far as I can tell, transforming HS kids into fans of the singularity would require TREMENDOUS memetic effort. But who knows.... The possibility exists. ------Original Message------ From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Joaquim_Almgren_G=E2ndara?= To: Sent: October 31, 2000 9:05:56 PM GMT Subject: Re: Introducing the Singularity Eliezer wrote: > Incidentally, if at first you don't succeed - give up! I don't quite agree with this. The effects of the Singularity will affect these people too -- shouldn't we put some effort into at least trying to make them understand that it could be a good thing? Won't the Singularrity have rather negative effects on a race that is more or less unprepared? Although it is a cliche -- let's face it, those high school kids are the future! - Joaquim Gāndara .. claw@lords.com .. http://www.ite.mh.se/~joaal98 .. http://games.scandit.com .. http://www.mp3.com/sdtank ______________________________________________ FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup