Re: virus: Hyperbolic Growth

Tyson Vaughan (tvaughan@ux.accesscom.net)
Fri, 17 Nov 1995 01:09:10 +0000


David L. wrote:

>Well.. what do you think folks? Is starvation and destruction of resources
>starting to effect man's ability to reproduce or even stay alive in some
>areas? Are we seeing the beginnings of Ragnarok (or at least massive human
>suffering)? If so, what can our memes do to help prevent such massive
>suffering?

IMHO the answer to the first question is yes.

The second question is, I think, a key to measuring how successful Virus
could be. Assuming that part of its mission is to come up with these
anti-ecocide memes and infect the human population with them, we have to
come up with what those memes are. Partly I think this is being decided in
our current debates. Partly I think it has already been decided,
implicitly, in accepting basic ideals of environmentally friendly
lifestyles and the like.

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