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...overpopulation makes the real world less congenial, artificial realities will become more attractive. Fifty years from now, the ability to put oneself in the shoes of another character in another place -- Rambo rafting down the Orinoco, say -- could be a metered commodity, like pay TV. Stewart Brand, creator of The Whole Earth Catalog, thinks these experiences might provide the kind of mind-expanding thrills people once got from psychedelic drugs, but without the mental and physical side effects...
...initiative] is designed to give someonethe option of using financial assistance veryearly on, when there is still time to go aroundthe world and enjoy oneself or pay off a mortgageor put money away for college," said Clyde H.Evans, associate dean for clinical affairs at theMedical School...
...Shopping for the Bloomie's Baby layette has replaced comparing the $400 Gaggia cappuccino maker to the Braun. People who own fish poachers now wonder what in the world they were thinking of. To judge by fat and glossy Child magazine, the Vogue of the play-date set, cloning oneself opens up a whole new buying opportunity...
Introspection can yield important lessons about oneself, but applying these lessons to a population is misleading and succumbs to the same fallacies of stereotyping. Daniel Choi's February 5 editorial "Off the Beaten Track," while raising some valid points, unfortunately loses them in a mass of confused generalizations...
...important: Sending a message or a messenger? The NATIONAL WOMEN'S POLITICAL CAUCUS has decided not to co-sponsor a major abortion-rights march on Washington in April. The march, being mounted by the National Organization for Women and other groups, may feature such attention-getting favorites as chaining oneself to the White House fence. The N.W.P.C., which focuses on helping get women elected to public office, feels that marches and civil disobedience are a waste of its resources. Says spokeswoman Pat Reilly: "For what it would cost us to participate in this march, we can elect several women...