EXTROPY: The Journal of Transhumanist Solutions -- re-launched today
From: Max More (max@maxmore.com)
Date: Thu Feb 21 2002 - 00:51:09 MST
E X T R O P Y : The Journal of Transhumanist Solutions
Extropy magazine, founded in 1988, today is re-launched on Extropy
Institute's website with a fresh, problem-solving focus.
Extropy: The Journal of Transhumanist Solutions has for years led the way
in publishing the future-oriented thoughts of brilliantly innovative
minds dedicated to overcoming limits to the human condition.
If you are already familiar with Extropy, you can jump straight to the
new webpages:
http://www.extropy.org/ideas/journal/index.html
Some of the issues and technologies covered include:
o Transhumanism
and futurist philosophy
o Tools for
future planning for individuals and organizations
o Protocols for
practical superlongevity
o Superlongevity:
science-based projections and planning for consequences
o New directions
in computation and human-computer interaction
o Generalized
cost-benefit consideration of emerging technologies
o Protocols for
augmenting your health and intelligence
o Choosing
rational values for the present and future
o Critical
thinking, effective reasoning and information-filtering
o Understanding
and thriving in the innovation economy
o Opportunities
and risks in the application of micro- and nanotechnology
o Cultural and
artistic means of conveying extropian values and solutions
o Space
development and exploration
o Balancing
spontaneous order and centralized organization in flexible social
structures
o Rational social
decision-making
o Self-transformative
psychology for optimal functioning
o Megascale
engineering
o Artificial
intelligence: finding solutions, foreseeing implications
We welcome your comments, critiques, and contributions. Please send them
to the Editor, Ziana Astralos: <ziana@extrotech.net>
Onward!
Max More
Editor-in-Chief
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Max More, Ph.D.
max@maxmore.com or more@extropy.org
http://www.maxmore.com
Strategic Philosopher
President, Extropy Institute.
http://www.extropy.org
<more@extropy.org>
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