🚀 go-pugleaf

SunCat (kamchar@ibm.cl.msu.edu) wrote:
: An old thread I know.  I hope I have taken enough time to think it out:-) .
: Thus far no one has said that we should not Spread The Meme.  It's really a
: question of how and when.
: 
: At the end of a Tom McKendree post dated 1 Dec 92 JoSH says:
: [My own take on this subject is that nanotechnology is already quite
: a popular subject, comparatively.  It's more important at this point
: to increase the depth of interest, rather than the breadth.  And that
: requires substance, not PR.  The best thing we can do for nanotechnology
: right now is to do nanotechnology!
: --JoSH]

Well, I'm doing my part to increase the breadth (sorry, JoSH... ;-)  ) -- this
Christmas I've bought 30 copies of _Engines of Creation_ to give to friends
and relatives!  Hopefully this will spread the meme.

And I somewhat disagree with JoSH's depth vs. breadth argument: yes, we need
to work on depth, but can we not also work on breadth as well?  I am in the
computer industry (working on operating systems, basically entry-level) and
cannot contribute to depth.  Why should I forsake contributing to breadth?

(As a side note, anyone who has played Civilization should understand the
concept of enabling technologies *quite* well.  The game (even though it
*is* just a game) is an *excellent* teaching tool, and should be required
of politicians; the only thing I would change is the benefit for cooperating,
as the way it is written you are better off to destroy the other civilizations
as quick as possible.  End of plug.)

(I am in no way associated with Civilization or its creators, btw.)
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