Michael wrote:
> Oh boy, now its a pissing contest. Frankly, most of the people I know in
> transhumanism are most definitely NOT vapid escapists, extropians in
particular.
> If Exi were more into vapid escapism I'm sure they'd have a far larger
> following, even just in California.
I'm sure that the science fiction reading Extropians that I've been running
into since college in 1992 who are waiting for that ideal future after the
singularity when they can upload their minds and create their own personal
universes are not escapists. The fact that most of them that I've known don't
do anything towards this end, hold dead-end jobs and play lots of Dungeons and
Dragons isn't terribly telling, right?
The dream world that some have painted for life after the mythical
singularity bears an amazing resemblance to the religious doctrine of some
faiths.
Al
--
Al Billings -- <memoria@memoria.com> -- http://www.memoria.com
"We have made you a creature neither of heaven nor of earth, neither mortal
nor immortal, in order that you may, as the free and proud shaper of your
own being, fashion yourself in the form you may prefer."
-- Pico della Mirandola
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