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Eva Schaudy's avatar

This Beelining edition was very interesting reading, but also more than a bit worrying. I see a powerful tool being born that will inevitably be used to profit some and disadvantage others. History shows that anything new gets turned into a weapon immediately, and a weapon this smart is to be feared indeed. That being said, I think there are obviously very many different types of humour, and Johann Oesterreicher's type is (fortunately) not the laugh-out-loud, standup-comic variety. It is more a dance of merry dots of light reflected from the surface of the deep river of thought.

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JOHANN OESTERREICHER's avatar

Yes, there is the worrying part of weaponizing. The answer would have been as dedicated a peace movement as conceivable, hysterical to the max so to say. But it didn’t happen during my lifetime. It is probably the greatest failure of humanity so far. With atomic weapons we had it within reach.

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JOHANN OESTERREICHER's avatar

I will never forget: It is more a dance of merry dots of light reflected from the surface of the deep river of thought.

Thank you.

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JOHANN OESTERREICHER's avatar

I recommend reading generally the archive versions, as they are corrected and augmented by comparison of the email versions. This is particularly relevant for this essay, as I published it in a window between extreme caregiving demands on me, leading to a need of subsequent slight modification.

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