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["Marasigan . Vicente" <vic@pusit.admu.edu.ph>]

On Thu, 10 Dec 1998, Jay Hanson wrote:
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> COMING SOON TO A LOCATION NEAR YOU!
>             http://dieoff.com/page1.htm
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Hi, Jay.  Congratulations.  But how would you re-draw the extrapolation
after 1999 now that Y2K consciousness is beginning to rise at least among
netizens?  I am referring to the graph at the top of your dieoff page 1. 
If and when the flaws in pre-1998 consciousness have made sufficient
impact on global technocracy, it will be imperative to maximize our
sensitivity to counter-productive responses. 

For example, the "Circle of Dominoes" Y2K engine built by Arial Marketing,
Inc. as advertised in interdoc-y2k 6, suggests that even a marketing
corporation expects Y2K information to be marketable to internet addicts
and thus contribute to "gain-maximization."  This would be
counter-productive if "gain" is to be limited to corporate gain.  Of
course we can expect commercial ads to advertise to internet addicts that
the corporate gains will trickle up to social gains and planetary gains. 
But there is critical need to discern signs that long-term risks of flawed
thinking are not being ignored. 

One risk is that internet addicts (like me) may find so much thrill in
playing dominoes that they (and I) forget an intrinsic purpose that goes
beyond the corporate interests of the owners of this copyrighted engine.
Can we build a firewall against the thrill of playing dominoes or the
thrill of competing with domino players with different inputs, a thrill
that can lead to a fatal forgetfulness? When such forgetfulness afflicts
more members of this listserv, perhaps it will no longer be necessary for
Jay to re-draw his extrapolations for years beyond 1999.  The risks of a
catastrophic meltdown will continue more or less as extrapolated.

Vicente Marasigan