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āˆ‚23-SEP-74 1202 ESS,JMC  Thanks for your  comments: I do not  wish to
assume  that most people share  my tastes.  In  particular, I respect
the right of a person  who just wants to sit  in front of his TV  and
drink beer, engage  in an occasional hot drag race  with his big car,
etc.   The new title  for the opus is "Technology  and the Pursuit of
Happiness" changed from  "Technology and the  Quality of Life"  which
suggests a  more definite opinion than  I wish to  express about what
constitutes a high quality  life.  The  only presupposition, which  I
shall  make explicit,  is  that more  choice  is better  than  less.  
Perhaps  some scenarios  would be  good,  but since  I don't  wish to
design a uniform future, or even design the future at all, they would
have to be varied.  You will also note that some of the ideas compete
with each  other or will make others obsolete.  As to the Sierras: In
my opinion, they really will stand quite a lot  more backpacking than
they  now get  with  a small  infusion  of toilets.    A factor  of  3
reduction in population won't help, because the increased backpacking
reflects an  increase  in the  proportion of  the population  having
certain values rather  than an increase in population
per se or even an increase in
prosperity.  The removal of the toilets from Mt. Whitney  through the
blind working  of the wilderness law  was a retrogressive step.   The
Canadian  Northwest Territories have 14,000 people  in an area larger
than California, so there is room for wilderness  packpacking for all
that are  likely to want it  in the near future.   However, think how
prominent the  Japanese have  become in  international climbing,  and
imagine what it will be like when the Chinese  do their share of it. 
It  seems to  me that  a picture of  what society  will be  like when
everyone's material needs are  met can be  obtained by looking at  an
upper class society  at a time when the upper  class gave those below
them almost  no thought, considering them part of the machinery.  The
society was stable  and rather varied  and preferable to being  poor.
The much  larger size  of a future  prosperous society will  permit a
greater absolute variety of life-styles, even though there is no  way
or reason
to prevent  the great  majority from  concentrating on a few of  them.
Improved  health will make a  big difference even as  compared to the
rich of former times.  Thanks again for the comments.