Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 12:46:13AM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
> Thank you Collin. Beautiful reading. Scary. To think that so many of the
> statements made in science fiction have come through, to know how dark
> life can be made to be on the surface of this ball, or on the surface of
> the other near hovering balls. Already some are talking about colonizing
> Mars. The resources to be spent in making a basically dead ball habitable
> are much larger than the resources needed to fix the problems of this
> already habitable ball. They know it. They know how to weigh their
> purses.
> Thus, they are not interested in doing it for the good of humanity, but for
> the purpose of acquiring another post to control. Buzzards well know
> that from the heights is easier to attack and capture.
Let us not get too carried away with ourselves. A trifle maudlin, don't
you think?
>From my own experiences at leadership of various things, all I can say
is I have total sympathy for politicians. Put aside the concept of
"sides" (as in "my side is winning") and ask yourself if you truly could
do a better job.
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