I was actually curious how that quote would be received. The quote itself is insightful and relevant yet the author is a source of negative affect, approximately a terrorist. I was pleasantly surprised with the outcome.
I’m not surprised. I think a number of us read Kevin Kelly’s essay; he was a very smart guy and so avoids the most obvious errors; and even shares quite a few basic views with us—he just takes them in a different way (‘one man’s modus ponens is another man’s modus tollens’). And I think he’s been quoted and upvoted in the past.
From chapter 4, #25 of The Unabomber Manifesto: Industrial Society And Its Future.
I was actually curious how that quote would be received. The quote itself is insightful and relevant yet the author is a source of negative affect, approximately a terrorist. I was pleasantly surprised with the outcome.
I’m not surprised. I think a number of us read Kevin Kelly’s essay; he was a very smart guy and so avoids the most obvious errors; and even shares quite a few basic views with us—he just takes them in a different way (‘one man’s modus ponens is another man’s modus tollens’). And I think he’s been quoted and upvoted in the past.