Abouot twenty years ago I went to Reed College in Portland, Oregon to give a talk at a computer science meeting. As I walked onto campus, a gardener looked up and said “Howdy”. I thought that was a stereotype, but I guess they really do say that in the west. (Australians really say G’dye Myte, too.)

Then I saw a sign pasted on a wall:

VISUALIZE INDUSTRIAL COLLAPSE

Message to Reed College: All right, you’ve done that, now visualize World Peace, please.

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