On Aug 13, 2009, at 11:10 PM, John Williams wrote:
What ever gave you the idea that I want things to work out "neatly"? Messy, quirky, diverse, surprising, unpredictable, they're all good (as long as coercion is minimal).
I suspect that is your objective here on the list as well. Charlie may have a point!
I do agree that there is little experimentation going on right now in government. One of the best reasons for getting humanity out into space is to allow that experimentation to begin again. Though I expect that 99% of the time humanity will just reinvent the wheel. Today all that experimenting is occurring in science and fantasy fiction and more and more in virtual computer generated worlds. I fear that is where we, humanity, will end our run, experimenting in virtual worlds as the real universe swallows us up and spits us out. Perhaps if we are luck it will keep a few mega servers around running our virtual worlds as a form of zoo.
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