yes, i can see your point are valid at the atomic level of the individual machine, but i don't know if they can scale to a molar level analysis in terms of internet connections. Certainly some parts of the body metaphor scale because they deal with mass culture, social effects, but some parts of it, such as barriers, multiple systems, might not scale as well. for instance, while there are, in the current network, many nocs that could be seen as sort of a central nervous system of some sort, they function independently than the human body, perhaps we are just talking about a different kind of body in general. one concept and metaphor that I've been quite wary of is the idea of trust.... trust between computers, trust between humans and computers, etc. most of the time trust reduces to some form of security. On Tuesday, June 3, 2003, at 03:14 PM, Allan A Friedman wrote:
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Allan Friedman Pre-Doctoral Candidate, Public Policy Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
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