[unrev-II] Re: Bootstrap: 1-paragraph summary

From: Yee Su Ling (yeemailbox@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jun 07 2000 - 19:48:31 PDT

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    No wonder the world is in trouble.

    \ Su-Ling

    --- In unrev-II@egroups.com, Rod Welch <rowelch@a...> wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > Part of the reason is a hold over from an outdated era of
    inequality, etc.
    >
    > Another reason is that man/machine provides better literation. It
    sounds
    > better, as in the story where Micky Mantle asked Paul Simon why he
    used Joe
    > Dimaggio in his song Mrs. Robinson. Micky thought he had better
    numbers than
    > Joe, and so to be fair, his name should have been used. Paul is
    reported to
    > have explained that he tried using Micky, but it didn't sound as
    good with the
    > rest of the lyrics.
    >
    > The same kind of thing comes up in other areas, for example "person
    whole" just
    > doesn't work as well as "man whole," for street access to
    underground
    > utilities. As well, hurricane bill, doesn't seem to convey as
    strong a meaning
    > as "hurricane Jane," for some reason, although to be sure, we are
    struggling to
    > make do with this change.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > Yee Su Ling wrote:
    > >
    > > This is good, I think we are getting there. I too like what Warren
    > > did.
    > >
    > > --- In unrev-II@egroups.com, Eric Armstrong <eric.armstrong@e...>
    > > wrote:
    > > > Another take on the "big picture" summary:
    > > >
    > > > The goal of the project is to create a man/machine symbiosis
    that
    > >
    > > I don't think it's a good idea to leave out half the population.
    It's
    > > so easy to add "hu", I'm beginning to wonder why it isn't. I've
    seen
    > > and heard this omission so many times now here and during the
    > > colloquium, I'm stunned. \ Su-Ling
    > >
    > > > augments human thinking in ways that increase our ability to
    > > > collaboratively investigate and solve complex problems. Such
    > > problems
    > > > include the impending energy crisis, as well as the prospect of
    > > > "runaway" technological threats stemming from genetic
    engineering,
    > > > biotechnology, or nanotechnology -- either intentionally or
    > > > inadvertently. Less urgent, but equally complex problems
    targeted
    > > > by the system include deliberations over fiscal policy,
    > > jurisprudence,
    > > > and the design of future knowledge management systems. To
    support
    > > > these goals, the system will support rapid authoring and
    > > interaction.
    > > > It will be easily searched, promote unprecedented levels of
    > > information
    > > > organization, evaluation, and reuse, and it will allow for the
    > > > development of next-generation systems that perform some forms
    of
    > > > automated reasoning. Above all, it's major goal is to assist us
    in
    > > > dealing with very high levels of complexity, both individually
    and
    > > > collectively.
    > >
    > >
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