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Diaspar Memory
The city's memory could store works of art, and reproduce them upon request. (Read
the full article)
"Possibly by the time of Diaspar, the humans were no longer "programmed" to care about intellectual property rights. Intellectual property rights implies payment or ownership. Since Diaspar society would by definition be a 100% socialist society, one would have to assume that there is no longer such a thing as payment for services or ownership of anything. Gene Roddenberry would be proud... "
(William 6/21/2006 10:12:28 AM ) |
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