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From: Halibut
Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk
Subject: Re: Frankenstein (was Dystopia cont.)
Date: 11 Sep 1995 20:15:42 GMT
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[email protected] (Nesta Stubbs) wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>, Halibut wrote:

>>

>No shit, thats what we have been saying, or at least myself for the
>last two posts. I don't recall myself ever making statements to the
>effect that the change is bad or avoidable. But I think your statement
>about it being pre-programmed may be an error. Not all humans are
>instinctivly moving towards technology and new tools. I think it's
>more of a function of cultural influence. There is always a certain
>push in the organism to get an "angle" but not everyone uses
>technology to do it.
>

I never said it was bad or should be avoided. I shall be sitting on top a
hill surrounded by beercans watching societies meltdown with everyone
else. Unfortunately, we don't seem to have had much left to explore for
the last few decades except the dark part of ourselves. Maybe technology
will change that soon, its well overdue.



>wow, that's really beautiful fluff.
>
I try. For an encore I argue myself into a recursive loop and dissapear
into the telephone jack.

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