From: natashavita@earthlink.net
Date: Tue Feb 04 2003 - 07:08:32 MST
From: Anders Sandberg asa@nada.kth.se
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 11:09:35PM -0800, Michael M. Butler wrote:
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> FROM NANOTECHNOLOGY'S SIDELINES, ONE MORE WARNING
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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/03/technology/03NANO.html?ex=1045299506&ei=1cker@!
> &en=dc4c6b06081c0f81
This is important reading for everybody who want to make
transhumanism affect the mainstream, rather than being the
losing memetic side. ETC are *very* successful in spreading
FUD about nanotechnology. The trick is not to rush out and
tell the public that the sky is falling, but to tell the
huge pre-existing activist networks and intellectuals that
nanotech is the next big thing, it fits in with the general
evil hegemony they believe in and that there are real things
to worry about. Then they are going to do the job for you.
It is exactly the same strategy I have repeatedly pointed
out on this list. The difference is that transhumanism
doesn't do this much.
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This is exactly the strategy the Pro-Act pointed out at Extro-5. My entire
talk was based on this.
Unless and until those on this list, members of Extropy Institute and our
affiliates are ready and willing to work with us, we will only continue to
complain and grieve.
If you, Anders, and others want to be active, please work with us!
While I am in transition at this moment, one of my top priorities is to
develop funding to address this and other issues.
Natasha Vita-More
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