Are our improvments...really improvments?

[Albinonewt]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Are our improvments...really improvments?

Originally posted by gam-e


beat me to it. yes the majority of people who worked on the pyramids were egyptians themselves, and the slaves that worked there were well fed. they had many many bakeries where the made bread for all the workers to eat after a hard days work. slaves weren't treated as bad as some people think. i mean come on when it gets bad enough the slaves are going to revolt, and the egyptians didn't want that. they wanted cheap labor, and to ensure that it was good labor they treated them fairly well considering their circumstances.

Dion

But the point remains that the entire population of delaware was working on them.

And if Delaware decided to use modern construction to build something right now I'm sure it would be impressive.

[beam]

This may be a side track to the discussion, but then again, maybe not.

Read this for some interesting thoughts on what technology is doing to our society: Manifesto

That is the Unabomber's manifesto. I remember reading it in college when it was published in two newspapers...New York Times and Washington Post I believe.

I DO NOT condone or endorse what Ted K. did, but I do think some of his thoughts on where we are heading are interesting.

I wrote a paper on the ever-widening gap between the techno-elite and the techno-peasant classes of people. What advantages do I have over someone who is ignorant of technology? The questions are endless.

[The JOE]

"and don't forget the massive massive whips..."

That, my (newly found) good friend, is from Red Dwarf.

Wasn't it something like "They had massive whips, Rimmer. Massive massive whips."?

(Sorry for being OT but man RD is awesome)