Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id MAA23870 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 30 Nov 2001 12:16:35 GMT Subject: Re: A Question for Wade Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 07:11:35 -0500 x-sender: wsmith1@camail2.harvard.edu x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, Claritas Est Veritas From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: "Memetics Discussion List" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-ID: <20011130121133.AAA15496@camailp.harvard.edu@[205.240.180.175]> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Hi Robin Faichney -
>>in the hope that the artifacts would endure and convey
>> their embedded message when society was 'ready.'
>Very interesting. Thanks. Maybe I should be looking at a similar
>strategy!
Like pacifism , there are some things that the society will just never be
ready for. What Bucky did, in many ways, was accepted immediately.
But it's nice to think we're before our time. Unfortunately, that is
never true.
- Wade
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