From: Natasha Vita-More (natasha@natasha.cc)
Date: Wed Jul 23 2003 - 21:46:13 MDT
At 05:56 PM 7/23/03 -0700, you wrote:
>--- Natasha Vita-More <natasha@natasha.cc> wrote:
> > At 07:43 AM 7/23/03 +0200, Gui wrote:
> > >This is a good idea, I often thought the same.
> > >
> > >### Alex: Regarding 2) A 'guide to Transhumanism for Dummies' would
> > > be a very usefull thing.
>
> > Yes. Max and I have talked (and laughed) about this as well.
> >
> > When Max and I talked about doing a Transhumanism for Dummies book,
> > we thought the title alone was a paradox. But, what the heck. If
> > anyone wants to attempt this, we would have to send a proposal to
> > Stan Portny or Hungry Minds, Inc. because and see if they are
> > interested.
>
>Excellent idea, and the first good thing I've heard on this list in a
>long time. I would probably enjoy writing such a book. Hopefully you
>can get over your prejudice against the idea of me being objective. If
>not, I hope somebody picks up the ball on this. Perhaps we need a
>competition: someone writes Transhumanism for Dummies and someone else
>writes Transhumanism for Idiots. Whoever finishes first gets the ExI
>stamp of approval...
Great Idea. Amara gave me the correct title for the Bug book by John Muir,
so it would be translated to be something like this:
"How to Keep Your Transhumanity Alive: A Step-by-step Manual for the
Complete Idiot."
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