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To: Don Lloyd who wrote (81164)	5/26/2000 11:36:00 AM
From: Don Lloyd	Respond to of 132070

mises.org "...Mr. Dystone, who did important work in the invention of fire, says advanced tool-making demands tribal regulation. "The ultimate danger of advanced tool technology comes from its power to change the nature of human beings by the application of labor-saving engineering to human activities," Mr. Dystone said. "No matter how strongly we believe in the virtues of a free market economy, the free market must not extend to tools." He said tools meanwhile have produced "tremendous goods" such as big sharp sticks to stab our enemies with. "The two great evils to be avoided are the use of even sharper weapons in the future, and the corruption of human nature by the buying and selling of tools," he said. Mr. Dystone's ethical message, delivered from atop Big-Rock-that-Fell-from-Sky, resonates along Rockville?s Technology Corridor. The 25 miles of dirt paths are home to nearly half of Rockville?s three tool-making businesses...." Regards, Don