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Re: The "Future" Fallacy
On Wed, 6 Dec 1995, Timothy C. May wrote:
> At 7:24 AM 12/6/95, [email protected] wrote:
> >From: Duncan Frissell
> >
> >Bill Gates (like Mister Newt before him) committed what I call the Future
> >Fallacy in "The Road Ahead." Page 106.
> >
> >"Soon any child old enough to use a computer will be able to transmit coded
> >messages that no government on earth will find easy to decipher."
> >...................................................
> >
> >
> >Billg is an optimist.
> >
> >What's wrong with this picture, Duncan?
>
> I found nothing wrong or incorrect with the quote Duncan attributed to Bill
> Gates (I haven't read Gates' book).
>
> I couldn't understand Duncan's koan, shrugged, and moved on.
>
I think Duncan was mad at the 'soon.' Why not today?
> --Tim May
>
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