yes, rethinking this, i recognize my own productivity is greatly enhanced
when i am under strict specifications and deadlines, combined with the
promise of distasteful consequences for failure.
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On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, andrij kopytko wrote:
quoted 26 lines On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Josh Davison wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Josh Davison wrote:
>
> > I certainly don't condone Fascism and really I cannot understand how
> > technological advancement, which requires a certain amount of free
> > thinking and autocratic operation to flourish, could be considered an ally
> > of Fascism.
>
> Free thinking, however, cannot act on its own. It requires constraint and
> Fascism is definitely an extreme constraint. I mean, look at the technical
> advances that Nazi Germany made during World War II.. the development of
> ballistic missiles, atomic weaponry, jet engines, etc. Their scientists
> and engineers provided the world with some of the most important
> technological advances during the century.
>
> Which opens a whole other can of worms about the US government's dealing
> with these post-fascist scientists..
>
> --
> andrij.
>
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