I had hoped that my volunteering with the Bootstrap Institute and the
creation of an e-journal would be of some value in the public domain. I
prefer to be a doer rather than a philosopher. However, I find that I
simply haven't the resources to be effective.
I live in a small village, quite isolated from the intellectual world
other than by a magazine subscription, occasional visits to the
booksatore, and a noisy telephone line that calls for an hour to let
10MB pass through. I am 74, getting tired more easily, have
responsibilities toward others, and get not much in the way of spiritual
uplift so much needed to continue.
I determined for myself more than a dozen years ago that electronic
augmentation of the neural mind is essential in a world moving at
accellerating pace. Especially if we want to be more than a professional
in some field, to be a participating citizen of sound, informed judgment
as well. I had hoped that the e-journal - "Engelbart in Context" or
"Fleabyte" or whatever the name - might do its tiny bit to help
transform the insights of professionals into useable, effective tools
for people at large and do so more quickly than in the usual time it
takes for leading-edge advances to become useful to everybody. But one
unaided, unsupported, and increasingly dispirited person just cannot do
that. Not unless he is of exceptional quality - and even then ...
I had hoped that some people would take a hard look at www.fleabyte.org
and attempt to perceive what is done for what reason, and with so
little. But instead, I find myself pretty much on the sideline, my
efforts irrelevant. Maybe tomorrow, after a night of refreshing sleep,
my slight depression will be gone and will I find the will and energy to
carry on just a little longer - but let's face it, what are the
prospects without actual, wholehearted support. I hate to give in to
negative feelings, but I guess the time has come to simply fade away as
we all must do sometime.
Henry
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