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 Part of the reason is a hold over from an outdated era of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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