[FRIAM] Get ready for Blockchain

[Marcus Daniels]

As Commander Fred says in Handmaid's Tail, "Better never means better for everyone.  It always means worse for some."   (The context of this discussion is key.)

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Yes, exactly! One person's dystopia is another's utopia.

On June 5, 2017 9:24:38 PM PDT, Steven A Smith <sasmyth at swcp.com> wrote:
>Glen -
>
>And now you sound a little like Kurt Vonnegut's satire: Harrison 
>Bergeron <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Bergeron>
>
>    /In the year 2081, amendments to the Constitution dictate that all
>    Americans are fully equal and not allowed to be smarter,
>    better-looking, or more physically able than anyone else. The
>    Handicapper General's agents enforce the equality laws, forcing
>   citizens to wear "handicaps": masks for those who are too beautiful,
>    radios inside the ears of intelligent people, and heavy weights for
>    the strong or athletic./
>
>I know you are 'just poking' and I guess I'm poking too!

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⛧glen⛧

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