Accelerating Future

The Box Friday, Sep 22 2006 

risks Michael Anissimov 3:10 am

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5 Responses to “The Box”

1. Jonathan Pugh Says:
   September 22nd, 2006 at 9:43 am

   I told her not to look in there…

2. Pace Arko Says:
   September 22nd, 2006 at 10:11 am

   Maybe in the end it’s all an act of defiance.

   Maybe Eve knew exactly what she was doing when she ate the apple and gained the knowledge of the gods. Maybe Pandora knew exactly what she was doing when she opened that jar. Prometheus, foreseeing Zeus’ punishment, still stole fire from the gods.

   This plot, these archetypes, seem to come up again and again in the mythology of all cultures. Merlin and Loki in Northern European myth. Coyote and Raven in Native American myth. Kwaku Anansi in West African myth and on and on it goes.

   We know the risks, ignore the warnings and decide to play with matches anyway.

3. MCP2012 Says:
   September 22nd, 2006 at 10:39 am

   Yeah, that Pandy girl…told her to be careful…but you know…impetuous teenagers…(wink)

4. randpost Says:
   September 22nd, 2006 at 10:45 am

   Offtopic: found a robosapiens 2003 documentary..

   http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5144447317524575964

5. qwerty182764 Says:
   September 25th, 2006 at 7:08 pm

   Tragedy of the commons. If she won’t open it, the next person will. Better to grow up and learn to deal with the good and the bad.

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