| richard barbrook on Wed, 14 Nov 2001 01:52:01 +0100 (CET) |
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| [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 [email protected] http://amsterdam.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold