I usually dont comment on list noise, since
diuscussing it IS list
noise, IMHO.
But Lyle has a good.point.
The list is not a total YAK factory, DOES provide references for thoughtful
things:
(Like the URLs on digitial imaging and science factoids
from Eugene, Cryonics updates, techofetish fwds,
Natasha's art quotes- and Anders' diversity is
really quite asounding! And of course everyone has
their own brand of personality and knowledge-although
he is brilliant too, sometimes John Clark makes me
laugh out loud!)
But a lot of it is really just as Lyle said,a cycle, with
new people, who dont read about transhumanism, or
even visit Extropy webpage, or read the back issues
or FAQs- asking "What's Dynamic Optimism? Are you Extropians really into
this cryonics??
hey, WHO IS this FM2030 ; -)?
Is this worthwile time spent? Patiently....
Or is time better spent working? Researching? Building and creating? Having
FUN?
Lyle is right!... how can you filter?
Some names I know are noise 99%.
But some people consider me 'noise' too, I am sure.
Some of the "chatter" is very useful to me, some of
LYLE'S chatter even. It is good to have the diversity
-like the impossible Singularity theory.
But then, one man YAK is another man's theorem...