The main reason technology is not being handled intelligently is because it is split up into many separate entities with different leaders. This creates chaos and prevents progress. However, if we use technology intelligently, we could all live prosperous lives. This can be achieved by following Fuller's principle of advantaging all without disadvantaging any. The traditional approach of trying to advantage some by disadvantaging others is not effective as it leads to resentment and conflict. Killing off the rich or oppressing them leads to a new class of counter-revolutionaries. Therefore, it is crucial to handle technology intelligently in order to achieve progress and avoid social and political turmoil.
Guest speaker: Robert Anton Wilson
PROGRAM NOTES:
Date this lecture was recorded: February 1982
[NOTE: All quotations are by Robert Anton Wilson.]
"The belief in certitude, I suspect, is a primate habit."
"One thing I want to make absolutely clear is that almost all pessimism results from watching what the government is doing. . . . because the government is the last place that important change is registered. And so if you're looking at the government you're looking at the past."
"Certitude only belongs to those people who own just one encyclopedia."
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