Re: Not always joking, it seems

Willie.Mookie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Feb 15, 12:12 pm, Jette <bossl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Wim Lewis wrote:
>>
>> > On-topic, how have SF stories dealt with random murderous
>> > outbusrsts? 
>>
>> Judge Dredd - people who suffered from something called "future
>> shock" would break out in spontaneous random violent attacks on
>> those around them.
>>
>> --
>> Jette Goldie
>> je...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> ://wolfett 
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> I was in Australia recently.  They have poker machines at every
> bar it seems. Pokies they're called affectionately.  They are
> Skinner machines designed to just give enough reward during play
> to bleed you dry.  You win on occasion.  But only so much, and
> in the end you lose.  Its called a reinforcement schedule to
> maximize revenue.. 
> 
> I was reflecting on what Skinner said about society being like a
> big Skinner machine you cannot escape. The whole of society
> becomes a large reinforcement schedule that promises rich
> rewards throughout but in reality, takes everything from you
> that you've got and play ends when you are broke.
> 
> The more efficient we become along this path, the bleaker things
> will be - and in the end, large populations of lucky and unlucky
> folk alike will have become desensitized to the messages used to
> fleece them - by and large those messages are the fabric that
> holds society together. At that point all hell will break loose.
> 
> We haven't seen nothing yet.
> 
> There are many new crimes and criminals waiting to happen.

If you believe that, you should kill yourself now to avoid the 
holiday rush. Seriously, dude. How can you *stand* living in such a 
dark, depressing place?

On the other hand, if you're just another retarded troll, well, 
there it is.

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Terry Austin

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    - Nick Stump

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