From: roy@sendai.scytale.com (Roy M. Silvernail)
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 18:03:43 +0800
To: snow@smoke.suba.com (snow)
Subject: Re: Ross Anderson's Eternity service
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In list.cypherpunks, snow@smoke.suba.com writes:

>
> On Mon, 22 Jul 1996, Hal wrote:
>> A few questions for discussion:
>>  - Would there be much interest in it among users?
>
>      I would be.

Me, too.  I think it's a frighteningly good idea.

>>  - Would it be a net benefit to society for such a service to exist?
>
>      It would benefit people. It may harm society by doing so.

It may harm some particular instantiations of "society", but I think
there's a net benefit.  Remember that evolution always takes more than
one generation.
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           Roy M. Silvernail     [ ]      roy@scytale.com
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