[UA] Final Countdown

[Joe Murphy (Broin)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ua-admin at lists.uchicago.edu [mailto:ua-admin at lists.uchicago.edu]On
> Behalf Of Andrew
> Sent: 06 June 2001 19:12
> To: ua at lists.uchicago.edu
> Subject: Re: [UA] Final Countdown
>
>
> Wednesday, June 06, 2001, 7:15:01 PM, Andrew wrote:
>
> SA> I'm trying to find archetypes that could plausibly be ascending in our
> SA> present society.  One of the final three may be Alex Abel
> depending on how
> SA> things work out.  Hard to say.
>
> One that occurs is the "Transhumanist", which would be amusing, as
> their whole focus is on the coming ascendancy. They're largely people
> who believe that technology is heading for the singularity
[snip]

A bit like those Cybermancers someone wrote up. But less Hellraisery.

You could have a lot of corporate archetypes. I'd imagine reading some
Dilbert would help. The Clueless Manager. The Faceless Bureaucrat?

Joe.
--
Joe Murphy (Broin)
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"You'll regret being so damn abusive when
the electric UFO gods transphase in from
Dimension 10 to appoint me manager of
the universe."  - The Drummer, Planetary.



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