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Technology has always found its greatest consumer in a nation's war and defense efforts. Since the last attempts at a "Star Wars" defense system, has technology changed considerably enough to make the latest Missile Defense initiatives more successful? Can such an application of science be successful? Is a militarized space inevitable, necessary or impossible?

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lchic - 11:37am Oct 26, 2002 EST (# 5248 of 5256)
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Reality TV shows have been surprisingly popular, world wide, in recent years.

REALITY TV ~ CANDID CAM

Big Brother, Survivor, type shows allow 'people' to see how other 'people' live from moment to moment!

Looking at and studying others could be extended

Were cameras to be fixed to look at people currently classed as 'other' ... then regular folks would see that most 'others' are the 'same' as they themselves.

Getting in close - becoming familiar with 'others' - enables the mystery of 'others' to be removed. Tensions to be lessened.

In this world of technology - it should be possible to track people for a while - showing their daily patterns.

Were we to be instantly able to switch on and look into the lives of people in Iraq, Chechnya, North Korea, Afghanistan ....

Would this help human understanding?

Would the populations of richer nations be less willing to advocate the bombing of cities of 'real' people?

In this technological age reality cam is a possibility that could be implemented to improve international understanding!

lchic - 11:43am Oct 26, 2002 EST (# 5249 of 5256)
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Quote of the week

Aspects of what it is to be human

http://www.newdimensions.org/inspiration.html
http://www.newdimensions.org/index.html

rshow55 - 11:46am Oct 26, 2002 EST (# 5250 of 5256)
Can we do a better job of finding truth? YES. Click "rshow55" for some things Lchic and I have done and worked for on this thread.

We do need warmth - empathy - - and mechanics that make warmth, empathy, and human sanity possible -- for real, imperfect, corrupt human beings. The ones who are there, and have to act.

lchic 10/26/02 11:25am says:

"Saddam didn't manage to-talk to the USA over recent years ... even though he may have complied with demands to take down selected weapons.

"His dogged 'not-talking' stance may have lead to the deaths of 1/4m Iraqi children.

Why didn't America appreciate the psychology ... especially when America has so much psychology (studies/industry).

America has worked, long and hard, to make communication difficult - - to cut off communication. Millions of Americans worked hard to isolate people of other nations from communication whenever it mattered - all throught the Cold War. Patterns are in place that are the exact opposite of openness - - designed to frustrate predictability, and make rational trust ridiculous. Here is a very clear example - ideal if "cutting off effective communication" is the objective. As, in the Bush administration, it often is.

. NUNN-WOLFOWITZ TASK FORCE REPORT: INDUSTRY "BEST PRACTICES" REGARDING EXPORT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS http://164.109.59.52/library/pdf/nunnwolfowitz.pdf July 25, 2000

WE NEED A REFRAMING - AND NEED TO SORT SOME BASIC THINGS OUT!

There's been some progress in spots - but not nearly enough

I think it very likely that - in all the ways that made a reasonable military difference -- Saddam has been disarmed - - but that communication - and rigid patterns - have produced a great human tragedy.

That's worth checking. And the patterns are worth changing.

For that to happen - world leaders are going to have to ask for checking and clarifications. Much can be done outside of the effective constraints of security laws.

lchic - 11:55am Oct 26, 2002 EST (# 5251 of 5256)
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Change Changing Patterns Incremental Change

The Deming road to statistical improvement is common to 'process' and undertaken at all levels of modern economies.

The people have the skills to look at the NOW of a problem

To think around the problem

To offer solutions as to how to improve on current 'process'

To look to their own wisdom, skills, experience

To know when to look to specialists and experts

To use 'tools' to help and assist thinking

To evaluate ideas

To jettison

To keep and improve

and overall to work towards the process having less waste, less redundancy

Giving IMPROVED RETURNS

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