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To: onurbius who wrote (5318)	6/10/2000 11:12:00 AM
From: Dan B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5676

Re: "The world has had enough abundance for a long time to feed the starving, clothe the poor, and house the homeless. Are you implying that technology will somehow facilitate the redistribution of wealth?" Yes, indeed. But you are right, political questions are certainly at the heart of the problem. Re: "These are political, not technical questions. If you give every "poor" person an internet phone it won't make them any better off than if every household had a printing press at the time of Gutenberg. Bioengineering can certainly assure abundant food supplies, etc., but it is the political systems of seperate nations which prevent equitable distribution. Remember the great socialist experiments have not worked so far. Technological socialism won't work either, but technologically based tyranny might." It's perhaps odd that I can agree with all the above, save the last sentence. Tyranny I want to know about, so as to avoid it. It will definitely NOT work, IMO. No "might" about it. Freedom works. Advancements spread. Communication improvements spread free thoughts and hence, the impetus to achieve freedom spreads, often even if the speaker is selling something else. Dan B