Excellent point. Sooner than later we will have to pay for the air we
breathe, just wait till it becomes a scarce resource because of pollution.
We may also have to pay for the right to "use" our own DNA eventually [1].
Check out also how industry and goverment are interested in protecting our
privacy [2] and what is in store for those who will oppose it all [3]. As
usual, it was all predicted by science-fiction writers such as Philip Dick
:-)
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_medical/story.jsp?story=277097
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51275,00.html
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/073/nation/MIT_given_50m_to_equip_troops+.
shtml
Alain. (not gloomy, just lucid)
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Alain Rogister
CTO
http://www.ubiquity.be
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <>
To: <>; <>
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 7:43 PM
Subject: RE: [xml-dev] Capitalism and XML
> The scarce commodity that will become a political
> issue of some concern is drinking water. Some concerns
> are buying up water rights as fast as they can.
>
> len
>
> From: [mailto:]
>
> BTW, food is a scarce resource
> nowadays only because we collectively accept that it be so. We could feed
> everyone if we decided to.
>
