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You realize that sources cited will be links to Twitter, right?I'm consitently stupid- Japher
I think that opinion in the United States is decidedly different from the rest of the world because we have a free press -- by free, I mean a virgorously presented right wing point of view on the air and available to all.- Ned -
Originally posted by Heraclitus View Post
“As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
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This may be true of China but It probably isn't for Japan and South Korea at least not anymore.Originally posted by Kuciwalker View Post
In any case the singularity will probably be an acheivment of all civlizations not just the West. BTW Can I just ask you how you define "the West"?Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez DávilaComment
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Originally posted by DaShi View Post
Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez DávilaComment
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You should see the thread about my internship in China.“As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
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They aren't already?Originally posted by Theben View Post“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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It's still true of SKor to some degree.Originally posted by Heraclitus View Post
All the countries with a standard of living and level of education and technology comparable to the United States. Japan is basically the only country on that list that isn't in what's culturally considered the West.In any case the singularity will probably be an acheivment of all civlizations not just the West. BTW Can I just ask you how you define "the West"?Comment
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Who gives a sh*t? Seriously!Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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I'm not having kids and I'm going to hell when I die, so if my contributions to the science of dickgirlology don't live on for future generations then what form of immortality am I left with?<p style="font-size:1024px">HTML is disabled in signatures
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Well remember, it has to be a fantastically good deed for you to be remembered for any length of time for it. But do something hideously evil and nasty and you'll be remembered with a fraction of the effort. Go on a mass murder spree or blow up a skyscraper. That'll get you the immortality you desire
Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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what will be said about Western Civilization 2000 years from now?
"Oswald Spengler was right""Life is the only RPG you'll ever play, The religious want to be one with the moderator, the scientists want to hack the game, and the gamers want to do both."Comment
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Goodbye and thanks for all the fish."You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours."--General Sir Charles James NapierComment
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They meant well. They wrecked everything.They left very few discernable records. Just a buch of etched silicon of no value to anyone now. They allowed the population to reach 7 billion without creating any outposts off planet.
How much is remembered of the pre-Age of Discovery European states? How much of what we have for the period 1000 - 1500 sounds like complete drivel now? As for them, so for us. When real space travel/exploration begins, the history of the time before it will fade away. However, I would not bet on the singularity in the near future.
No matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
"I played it [Civilization] for three months and then realised I hadn't done any work. In the end, I had to delete all the saved files and smash the CD." Iain Banks, authorComment
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History books? Surely you mean "History neural implants"?Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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I think Locust Space Aliens will remember the nutrition value of an average westerner
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