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From: jco@hplb.hpl.hp.com (Joao Oliveira)
Subject: Re: Need an A-Life Demo!
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Arthur Chandler (arthurc@crl.com) wrote:
:   This fall semester I will be teaching the "Cyberspace/Humanities" 
: course at SFSU. In addition to reading books by Richard Lanham, Kevin 
: Kelly, Vernor Vinge, etc., we will be looking at some of the developments 
: in cyberspace that have major philosophical and social implications. 

	As someone else said - "Hopefully William Gibson". I think that 
Bruce Sterling also reachs some insights on these issues that most of us "mere
mortals" don't notice. IF you are really looking for philosophical and
social implications of the advent of cyberspace and the almost implicit
cyber-immunity, check books and articles from Markoff and others about
crime and "vandalism" (this last word maybe is too strong) in cyberspace.
Crime is one of the biggest social implications a new concept may carry.

joao
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