RE: Extrinsic Extropians? -- World Transhuman Day

From: Reason (reason@exratio.com)
Date: Sat Aug 04 2001 - 12:17:23 MDT


I don't think the day matters; you just have to get one of the transhuman
bodies behind it. Low maintenance stuff, to the tune of a web page and some
e-mailing announcements every now and again. Which one of the transhuman
groups would be the best? It's the sort of thing that generates easy
publicity.

I like that celebrate tomorrow now slogan better than mine.

Reason
http://www.exratio.com/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-extropians@extropy.org
> [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On Behalf Of Michael B. Hubbard
> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 9:31 AM
> To: extropians@extropy.org
> Subject: Re: Extrinsic Extropians? -- World Transhuman Day
>
>
> I love it!
>
> World Transhuman Day-celebrate tomorrow now!
>
> But what day would it be?
>
> Michael
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Reason" <reason@exratio.com>
> To: <extropians@extropy.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 12:59 PM
> Subject: RE: Extrinsic Extropians? -- World Transhuman Day
>
>
> > This has a good idea in it: World Transhuman Day. It's a nice, easy meme
> to
> > propagate -- like the bumper stickers. Every other concept in the world
> has
> > a day/month/week devoted to it. It's a sufficiently common governmental
> > practice that people are familiar with the idea that if something has a
> > named day devoted to it, there is some backing organization
> wanting you to
> > think about something for your own or societal good.
> >
> > [Although I think I'm more concerned than many around here about getting
> the
> > "common people" involved in and backing life extension, technology,
> > futurism, etc].
> >
> > World Transhuman Day: think to the future!
> >
> > Any takers?
>



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