Re: Extropianism Article On DisInfo.com

From: E. Shaun Russell (e_shaun@extropy.org)
Date: Mon Oct 16 2000 - 20:09:01 MDT


Ziana wrote:

>One of the current articles at http://www.disinfo.com
>is entitled "Extropianism - Nanites, Immortality, &
>Freedom". It can be found at
>http://www.disinfo.com/disinfo?p=file&title=Extropianism%3A+Nanites%2C+Immo
rtality+%26+Freedom

My initial reaction to this is twofold: I am pleased to see Extropianism
discussed in forums such as Disinfo.com (any clue as to their readership
numbers?), but I hate consistently seeing the same reaction in media such
as this: "overtly optimistic," "suffocating idealism," and "geek
philosophy." It is the snide tone of the adjectives which I find quite
frustrating. The article is somewhat fact-based, but also makes a lot of
mistakes with blanket statements such as "The Extropianist movement's
ultimate goal is the 'Singularity.'" This is simply not true for every
extropian.

I have a lot more reservations about this article as well, but it all boils
down to one thing: we need to find ways to get more positive than negative
media.

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E. Shaun Russell Operations Officer, Extropy Institute
e_shaun@extropy.org http://www.extropy.org
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