I hope you do read it! It's not the most brilliant prose ever written, but it's a nice bit of techno-optimism (once you get through the first half) that really impacted me, and my beliefs about what the future could be, when I first read it a couple of decades ago.
Marshall Brain's "Manna" fits this bill, in my opinion. You can read the whole novella on his website, but I don't know how long it'll be available, as Marshall killed himself last November.
Unfortunately, the legislative policy that's being floated in the House is that a president can seek a third term only if their first two terms were non-consecutive. (Source)
I'm saying I'm dumb just to "sound like an intellectual". But saying I'm dumb actually doesn't make me sound like an intellectual, like you think I think. I just am dumb, like I've been saying all this time, genuinely, with no audience other than you on a dead thread.
Whew. That's a pretzel if I ever saw one.
Have you ever considered that there might be people out there who don't think they're as smart as you seem believe that you are?
I'm not an intellectual. I'm a 40-something man who has seen some shit and learned a lot, but never had the luxury of a college education. Of course I'd like to improve myself, who wouldn't? For me that means acknowledging that I'm not as smart as I wish I were.
That said, if you wanna exchange addresses we could be real life pen-pals. I'm enjoying talking with you. You're not as dumb as you think I am.
Sorry to be a bummer, but that's the truth.
I hope you do read it! It's not the most brilliant prose ever written, but it's a nice bit of techno-optimism (once you get through the first half) that really impacted me, and my beliefs about what the future could be, when I first read it a couple of decades ago.