In a message dated 6/25/00 4:23:57 PM Central Daylight Time, xli03@emory.edu
writes:
> speaking of "explicitly transhumanist work," what might some of
> those be? it seems to me that all the basic enabling technologies of the
> transhuman vision are right on schedule; they are not receiving charity,
> but investment capital -- because they give immediate economic payoffs at
> almost every step of the way.
>
> what then constitutes explicitly transhumanist work? without
> slowing down my typing, i might think of three: 1. increasing public
> awareness of the coming tide; 2. catalyzing more integrated and
> cross-disciplinary research; 3. helping those already aware of what's
> coming to better prepare for the future. of course, there is also 4.
> forcasting the far-distant future (when i learn how to count again).
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