27-August-2007, 12:40 AM
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Order of Kilopi
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Bowie, MD
Posts: 3,626
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Quote:
Originally Posted by weatherc
In his book The Dilbert Future, Scott Adams mentioned that a Star Trek style holodeck will be humankind's last invention. Once people can just escape into their own little fantasy world, no one will ever do anything useful again.
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I recently wrote a (medium long) essay on that subject (titled "Galactic Colonies"--yes, one has a lot to do with the other!!!)--The Dilbert Future prediction might have been on my subconscious when I did that, though. Note--I don't predict that everybody will stop doing anything useful (though many will!).
http://astrosketches.info/wordpress/2007/06/24/galactic-colonies/
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Todd (Bowie, MD, US, North America, Earth, Sol System, Vega region, Local Bubble, Orion arm, Milky Way Galaxy, Local Group, Virgo A Cluster, Virgo supercluster, the universe in which spock is clean shaven)
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.
personal page: http://blog.astrosketches.info
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