| Steve McAlexander on Wed, 14 Nov 2001 06:14:02 +0100 (CET) |
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| RE: [Nettime-bold] Re: <nettime> discussion on www.edge.org about the world after 911 |
I thought that was what our politicians were made of. Hahahhahahha Steve McAlexander "Strength and Honor" John Adams wrote in 1772: "There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty." Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1799, "Free government is founded in jealousy, not confidence.... Let no more be heard of confidence in men, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitutions." -----Original Message----- From: nettime-bold-admin@nettime.org [mailto:nettime-bold-admin@nettime.org] On Behalf Of richard barbrook Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 18:52 To: Geert Lovink Cc: NETTIME-L@BBS.THING.NET Subject: [Nettime-bold] Re: <nettime> discussion on www.edge.org about the world after 911 Hiya, > >Marvin Minsky: I agree with much of the rest of what David Deutsch says >but I feel that he has missed Dawkins' point: that one way that we >can defend ourselves is by finding ways to reduce the huge numbers of >people who have been trained to follow charismatic leaders by suspending >their critical thinking and commonsense. ...and this smug comment is from someone who claims that he can create intelligent life out of plastic, sand and metal! Later, Richard ------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Richard Barbrook Hypermedia Research Centre School of Communications and Creative Industries University of Westminster Watford Road Northwick Park HARROW HA1 3TP <www.hrc.wmin.ac.uk> landline: +44 (0)20 7911 5000 x 4590 mobile: 07879-441873 ------------------------------------------------------------------- "While there is irony, we are still living in the prehistoric age. And we are not out of it yet..." - Henri Lefebvre ------------------------------------------------------------------- The HRC is involved in running regular cybersalons at the ICA in London. If you would like to be informed about forthcoming events, you can subscribe to a listserver on our website: <www.cybersalon.org>. _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://amsterdam.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://amsterdam.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold