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We Imagine "pure" Cybernetic Systems, But We Can Prove Only That We Know How To Build Fairly Dysfunctional Ones. We Kid Ourselves When We Think We Understand Something, Even A Computer, Merely Because We Can Model Or Digitize It.

What Does It Mean To Not Be Alone? I've Approached That Question Through Music, Technology, Writing And Other Means.

It's Possible, Without Taking Sides Or Playing The Statesman Game, To Reduce Destruction Simply By Reducing The Development Of Technology Of Destruction.

In The Sixties, The Hippies Said "make Love, Not War," And That Was Naive. But It Might Be Less Naive To Say "make Music, Not War," In The Sense That The People Who Create Musical Instruments Are The Same People Who Make Up New Weapons.

We Have Repeatedly Demonstrated Our Species's Bottomless Ability To Lower Our Standards To Make Information Technology Look Good.