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  1. Sep 2017
    1. I'm not so sure myself anymore that tapping away on a keyboard and staring at a screen all day by necessity is "progress" compared to chopping logs and raising beans all day by necessity.

      Ah, THIS highlights a common discussion among IC people.

    1. more information became available to me than I could handle in a hundred lifetimes.

      Also mind boggling, and perhaps the main thing that separates Paul and I from the rest of you. When we were in college, we didn't have this access. Now you do. The best fictional account of this is the novel Snowcrash, by Neal Stephenson. I highly recommend it.

  2. Aug 2017
    1. I'd argue that this kind of on line community is still relatively rare. Thoughts?

    2. "life will be happier

      Why is this the question?

    3. you can, however, join a computer conference on any of those topics

      Here's the thing - does CMC make you more self-absorbed? Because you look for people and topics that fit your own interests, rather than happening upon people you have to figure out how to mesh your interests and needs with theirs?