Mea culpa. Being just a layperson on this list, I thought it would be
interesting
for others on the list since it covered so many of the same issues. It is
not
a scientific book, but a cornucopia of research and technologies used
to support his thesis. I found it quite profound.
> > I have nothing to gain by pushing Out of Control, I just think that
> > it speaks to many of the issues of the PCP. I've even convinced my
> > minister (UU) to give a sermon on these nine laws of god.
> I have to agree (but with a caveat). If one is going to chose a single
> source to cover the new "complexity" craze in lay terms, this is
> probably more comprehensive than waldrop or levy or lewis.
> It also touches some deeper stuff now and then. I don't think you can
> base any of your work on it though.
I'm just a computer graphics geek, pagan, sunday school teaching, dad
who has been influenced by the book. However, if I get pulled into writing
"intelligent agents" using Telescript or Safe-Tcl, I would go back to
"the nine laws of god" and think about them seriously.
> It also is too glib in places (aren't we all?)
Geez, I do not even know what glib means! :-)
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