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CAME ACROSS THE INTERNET? It was back in '93, when I was in high school!
I went with a couple of buddies to visit our friend Ido (who is now a computer scientist). We wanted
to play tennis. Ido was already a huge computer fan, and before opening the ping-pong table he in-
sisted on showing us the latest wonder! He connected the phone cable to his computer and pressed
some keys. For a minute all we could hear were squeaks, shrieks and buzzes, and then silence? It
didn't succeed! We mumbled & grumbled, but Ido tried again. And again. And again. At last he gave
a whoop and announced that he had managed to connect his computer to the central computer at
the nearby university. 'AND WHAT'S THERE, ON THE CENTRAL COMPUTER?' we asked. 'WELL,' he
admitted, 'THERE'S NOTHING THERE YET! BUT YOU COULD PUT ALL KINDS OF THINGS THERE!'
'LIKE WHAT?' we questioned. 'I DON'T KNOW,' he said, 'ALL KINDS OF THINGS!' It didn't sound very
promising. We went to play ping-pong, and for the following weeks enjoyed a new pastime, making
fun of Ido's ridiculous idea. That was less than 25 years ago (at the time of writing)! Who knows
what will come to pass 25 years from nòw? That's why more and more individuals, organizations,
corporations & governments are taking very seriously the quest for immortality, happiness & godlike
powers! Insurance companies, pension funds, health systems and finance ministries are already a-
ghast at the jump in life expectancy. People are living much longer than expected, and there is not
enough money to pay for their pensions and medical treatment? As 70 threatens to become the new
40, experts are calling to raise the retirement age, and to restructure the entire job market. When
people realize how fast we are rushing towards the great unknown, and that they cannot count even
on death to shield them from it, their reaction is to hope that somebody will hit the brakes & slow us
down! But we cannot hit the brakes, for several reasons?
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