10 May
2003
10 May
'03
10:42 p.m.
Quothe John Lawson, from writings of Fri, May 09, 2003 at 03:23:13PM -0400:
And what it means is - that even now we begin to
lose the great people
who have been at the foundations of the technology that modern
'civilization' is founded upon, and seemingly no one takes notice. They
are silently passing and who knows? Who cares? What network runs a
'Special: The Passing of a Nerd'
[...]
Well said! One's perceived value to society appears to be inversely
proportional to intellect. To be of great value to society, one must
think like a lobotomized ape and go around speaking such meaningful
phrases as "duhhh, footbawl!"
Yet - if every digital device were to cease working
tomorrow - just how
close to the Stone Age do ya think we'd sink?
Considering that a large percentage of the world's population,
including a large percentage U.S. population, still appears to not
even have evolved to the Stone Age yet, it probably wouldn't take long
at all. Given that a large percentage of politicians still have a
pre-pre-historic mind-set, they won't be of much help.
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