[12342] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: more convergence
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chip Bayers)
Mon May 16 13:34:07 1994
Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 11:34:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: Chip Bayers <chip@phantom.com>
To: Bob Smart <smart@mel.dit.csiro.au>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <199405160313.AA26067@shark.mel.dit.csiro.au>
On Mon, 16 May 1994, Bob Smart wrote:
> I've just read an article on the rise of antibiotic-resistant
> bacteria. Now imagine what the emergence of a serious and resistant
> disease bacteria would do to: teleconferencing vs business travel;
> telecommuting vs going to work; network delivery of education vs
> attending large educational institutions; computer shopping vs going
> to the supermarket. Not to mention closed communities with guards on
> the gates and electronic surveillance of the perimeter.
>
> Well it's not a pretty thought, but we might survive such epidemics
> better in this way than our ancestors coped during episodes of the
> plague.
Sounds like the script of a bad TV mini-series based on a bad novel
written by a prolific horror writer.
