From: Eleanor McHugh <eleanor@...>
Date: 2009-04-14T03:26:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Goodbye Ruby - Hello Earth

On 12 Apr 2009, at 06:36, Chad Perrin wrote:
>> (1) Technology has for centuries been at the service of capital and
>> revenue, why should it not be capabale of becoming at the service of
>> nature, ressource management, environement control, ed altri?
>
> In a free market economy, technology will serve whatever is needed,  
> when
> it's needed.  Sadly, we do not live within anything like a real free
> market economy.

Alas all too true. If advocates of green concerns really want to  
minimise the environmental impact of humanity their best bet would be  
to campaign for the complete liberation of global markets.

>> Si tu veux construire un bateau ...
>> Ne rassemble pas des hommes pour aller chercher du bois, préparer des
>> outils, répartir les tâches, alléger le travail… mais enseigne aux
>> gens la nostalgie de l’infini de la mer.
>>
>> If you want to build a ship, don’t herd people together to collect
>> wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to
>> long for the endless immensity of the sea.
>
> . . . and that quote is ideally suited to my comment about free market
> economies, above.

Indeed :)


Ellie

Eleanor McHugh
Games With Brains
http://slides.games-with-brains.net
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