Mind-binding is even worse than foot-binding
If a government tries to stop me saying what I think (e.g. that
all religions are foolish superstitions), in order to get the votes
of these tyrants of the mind, who bind the minds of their children as
some backward civilisations used to
bind the feet of their
children to stop them growing naturally, that government should
be opposed too. (Give "foot binding" to a search engine.)
2030: An even smaller proportion of people will know anything about programing or designing anything, or thinking deeply and critically. Everything, including ideas, will be designed, packaged, and sold by multi-national corporations, ready for use, and unchangeable. This will follow the previous de-skilling that occurred with mechanical then electrical machines. Most humans are already and will continue on the route to being the Eloi of H.G.Wells' Time Machine. Instead of eating them the Morlocks will use them as economic pawns, held in check partly by religious indoctrination and dreams of becoming celebrities. Can [the company] counter this by allowing, and even encouraging, people to design their own tools, interfaces, functionality, etc.?
Lynne Jones on 'Choice' and her comments on The Education White paper (2005)'Choice is ruining education' in The Sunday Times Online (March 2006)
Aaron Sloman
Last updated: 13 Oct 2007