Thanks - not exactly what I was looking for (this is more like anarchist yahoo), but the model of bottom-up (sort of) organisation is very useful.
Emlyn
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> From: KPJ[SMTP:kpj@sics.se]
> Reply To: extropians@extropy.com
> Sent: Friday, 15 October 1999 22:55
> To: extropians@extropy.org
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> Somebody asked about where to find relevant information on any specific
> area of interest (physics, chemistry, etc.), and suggested that people
> would list the ``standard'' texts on various subjects for others.
>
> It appears as if The Open Directory Project <URL:http://dmoz.org/>
> might have some interest for the entity which originated the request:
"Person" will be fine (I'm thick skinned).
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