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- From: younger@stsci.edu
- Subject: Re: Is techno utopianism justified ? (Re: Why?)y
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.111150.1@stsci.edu>
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- Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
- References: <1h54ppINN65m@usenet.pa.dec.com>
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 16:11:50 GMT
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- In article <1h54ppINN65m@usenet.pa.dec.com>, stark@dwovax.enet.dec.com (Todd
- I. Stark) writes:
- >
- > Is technical utopianism justified today ? Are we living in an age
- > when some great scientific revolution into a post-modern world
- > is going to save us ?
- >
- > One of the formerly most eloquent spokespersons for techno-utopianism,
- > B.F. Skinner of Harvard has stated publicly that he offers little hope
- > for our future. And Bucky Fuller is gone. :-(
- >
- > Do folks think utopian ideals are justified ... on scientific grounds ?
- > .... maybe on spiritual grounds, as in Marilyn Ferguson and crowd ?
- >
- > Is 'self-improvement' a self-indulgent activity or will it lead to
- > our salvation or survival ?
- >
-
- snig...snig....ha ha ha ha HA HA HA HA HA HA.....snig...sorry, I couldn't
- resist. Is there a .bs newsgroup for this sort of stuff?
-
- jwy
-