Diane
08-02-2007, 12:36 AM
Sent by Ian:
1. James Lovelock: The Earth is about to catch a morbid fever that may last as long as 100,000 years (http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article338830.ece). Civilisation is energy-intensive and we cannot turn it off without crashing, so we need the security of a powered descent.
2. Living in Shimmering Disequilibrium (http://archive.salon.com/people/feature/2000/04/22/eowilson/index.html).When you talk to most thoughtful humanists, they agree that once they've gotten over their idea of personal immortality, they're freed.
1. James Lovelock: The Earth is about to catch a morbid fever that may last as long as 100,000 years (http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article338830.ece). Civilisation is energy-intensive and we cannot turn it off without crashing, so we need the security of a powered descent.
2. Living in Shimmering Disequilibrium (http://archive.salon.com/people/feature/2000/04/22/eowilson/index.html).When you talk to most thoughtful humanists, they agree that once they've gotten over their idea of personal immortality, they're freed.