Re: Friam Digest, Vol 25, Issue 3 - epic redux

[Robert Lancaster-2]

Nick - Mirabile dictu!  We agree about something after all.  This
picture is indeed the end of the era of human freedom--though
admittedly no more than a minority of humans ever achieved freedom
anyway.  But the most amazing  thing is that they don't even know it.  
Googlezon is going to provide computer generated news stories drawn
from every source.  But what sources are these?  All the news gathering
organizations have disappeared, presumably gone bankrupt. There is just
one source left.  All those personally tailored news feeds are coming
from government propaganda mills.  Nineteen eighty four was just thirty
years late.

Bob

On Jul 4, 2005, at 9:01 AM, [hidden email] wrote:

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> Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 23:44:18 -0600
> From: "Nicholas Thompson" <[hidden email]>
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Epic Redux
> To: "Russell Standish" <[hidden email]>, "The Friday Morning
> Applied Complexity Coffee Group" <[hidden email]>
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> russell,
>
> I guess the thing that startled me the second time through was the
> thought
> that when we get exactly what we want we get, after all, just a
> reflection
> of ourselves.
>
> I guess its the old fashioned liberal in me.
>
> The best moment in the filmlet for me is the manner in which the
> decline of
> Microsoft is handled.  I laugh every time.
>
> N
>
>

Best regards

Robert Lancaster

[Mikhail Gorelkin]

Bob,

The problem is even more complicated:) It seems that this minority is also
inside of the Game - no illusions!

Mikhail

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Lancaster" <[hidden email]>
To: <[hidden email]>; <[hidden email]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 12:18 AM
Subject: [FRIAM] Re: Friam Digest, Vol 25, Issue 3 - epic redux

> Nick - Mirabile dictu!  We agree about something after all.  This
> picture is indeed the end of the era of human freedom--though
> admittedly no more than a minority of humans ever achieved freedom
> anyway.  But the most amazing  thing is that they don't even know it.  
> Googlezon is going to provide computer generated news stories drawn
> from every source.  But what sources are these?  All the news gathering
> organizations have disappeared, presumably gone bankrupt. There is just
> one source left.  All those personally tailored news feeds are coming
> from government propaganda mills.  Nineteen eighty four was just thirty
> years late.
>
> Bob
>
> On Jul 4, 2005, at 9:01 AM, [hidden email] wrote:
>
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 23:44:18 -0600
> > From: "Nicholas Thompson" <[hidden email]>
> > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Epic Redux
> > To: "Russell Standish" <[hidden email]>, "The Friday Morning
> > Applied Complexity Coffee Group" <[hidden email]>
> > Message-ID: <[hidden email]>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
> >
> > russell,
> >
> > I guess the thing that startled me the second time through was the
> > thought
> > that when we get exactly what we want we get, after all, just a
> > reflection
> > of ourselves.
> >
> > I guess its the old fashioned liberal in me.
> >
> > The best moment in the filmlet for me is the manner in which the
> > decline of
> > Microsoft is handled.  I laugh every time.
> >
> > N
> >
> >
> Best regards
>
> Robert Lancaster
>
>
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