Sublime

Charles Davenport.

Rohe’s Theorem: This marvelous Theorem, grasped in a once-in-a-lifetime flash of intuition by Tom Rohe of Bremerton, Washington[xli], will serve as our introduction to the grim topic of Systems-exploitation: DESIGNERS OF SYSTEMS TEND TO DESIGN WAYS FOR THEMSELVES TO BYPASS THE SYSTEM

that people—or, if you like, automata, algorithms—can and do act in situations that are not well defined.

This, of course, is Paul’s analysis. Robert will not discuss it, and there is living no one else who is able to. It is not possible, therefore, for anyone ever to know whether or not Paul’s analysis is true—although one part of it seems indisputable: apart from what he could get from his mother’s estate, Robert Moses, forty-one years old, had no mo

Dennis went from zero to sixty on the MidAm in record time, and no one knew how he learned to do what he was doing. He knew that traders had a tendency to self-destruct. The battle with self was where he focused his energies: “I think it’s far more important to know what Freud thinks about death wishes than what Milton Friedman thinks about deficit

whether these developments can or should proceed in the face of opposition from legions of losers will be among the more important controversies of the Information Age.

An entirely new realm of economic activity that is not hostage to physical violence will emerge in cyberspace. The most obvious benefits will flow to the “cognitive elite,” who will increasingly operate outside political boundaries.