Comments on: Geekonomics Makes WarCraft Flow http://negative99.com/games/video-games-mirror-societys-flow/ An onslaught of expository excellence covering web design and development, politics and current events, faith and religion, guitar and music, programming... oh, and anything else. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:05:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: anon http://negative99.com/games/video-games-mirror-societys-flow/#comment-21647 anon Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:11:21 +0000 http://www.negative99.com/archive/190#comment-21647 umm, actually de beers controls this sea of diamonds, and that's the only reason they are worth what they are. umm, actually de beers controls this sea of diamonds, and that’s the only reason they are worth what they are.

]]> By: WarAxe http://negative99.com/games/video-games-mirror-societys-flow/#comment-705 WarAxe Wed, 12 Apr 2006 14:50:16 +0000 http://www.negative99.com/archive/190#comment-705 Yeah, but the custom Fender wouldn't be as special if every teenage Metallica-wanna-be punk could pop one out of a replicator. Would a diamond ring be as special is diamonds were as plentiful as water? There are artificial diamonds now that are more colorless, more brilliant, and more flawless than any natural diamond... but are only worth one tenth. Ahh... perhaps it was the replicator that shifted the focus away from material wealth and onto improving oneself... then again it could shift the effort into taking what can't be replicated, like kidnapping and thrill crimes. Humans on their own are dark. Yeah, but the custom Fender wouldn’t be as special if every teenage Metallica-wanna-be punk could pop one out of a replicator.

Would a diamond ring be as special is diamonds were as plentiful as water? There are artificial diamonds now that are more colorless, more brilliant, and more flawless than any natural diamond… but are only worth one tenth.

Ahh… perhaps it was the replicator that shifted the focus away from material wealth and onto improving oneself… then again it could shift the effort into taking what can’t be replicated, like kidnapping and thrill crimes.

Humans on their own are dark.

]]> By: Tony G http://negative99.com/games/video-games-mirror-societys-flow/#comment-701 Tony G Tue, 11 Apr 2006 22:20:41 +0000 http://www.negative99.com/archive/190#comment-701 Yeah, yeah, why buy the cow when the milk is free. But think how cool it would be to have a Star Trek Replicator. For those of you who have lives and venture into the real world, a replicator was a device on many of the Star Trek TV series and movies that converted energy into matter. Think about being able to have the computer make ANYTHING you wanted. Any type of food or beverage, or clothing or jewelry. In Star Trek, the motivation to achieve material wealth was replaced with the motivation to improve oneself. To explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations (cue the music). Okay, so the incentives would be gone. I agree. But if the essentials of life are taken care of, hopefully most of us would find new challenges and new rewards. Areas of science, medicine, arts, and philosophy could be explored. And a custom Fender created by the computer would sound just as good as a custom Fender that was purchased after months of saving. Maybe... Yeah, yeah, why buy the cow when the milk is free. But think how cool it would be to have a Star Trek Replicator. For those of you who have lives and venture into the real world, a replicator was a device on many of the Star Trek TV series and movies that converted energy into matter. Think about being able to have the computer make ANYTHING you wanted. Any type of food or beverage, or clothing or jewelry. In Star Trek, the motivation to achieve material wealth was replaced with the motivation to improve oneself. To explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations (cue the music).
Okay, so the incentives would be gone. I agree. But if the essentials of life are taken care of, hopefully most of us would find new challenges and new rewards. Areas of science, medicine, arts, and philosophy could be explored. And a custom Fender created by the computer would sound just as good as a custom Fender that was purchased after months of saving. Maybe…

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