Re: CULTURE: Chicago Tribune on Futurists (Includes Extropians)

From: Randy Smith (randysmith101@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Jan 01 2001 - 06:07:49 MST


>From: Samantha Atkins <samantha@objectent.com>
>Reply-To: extropians@extropy.org
>To: extropians@extropy.org
>Subject: Re: CULTURE: Chicago Tribune on Futurists (Includes Extropians)
>Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 23:55:06 -0800
>
>"J. R. Molloy" wrote:
> >
> > > Perhaps the most zealous proselytizers for this new brand of Homo
>Cyber
> > are
> > > the post-humanists known as the Extropians (www.extropy.com). The
> > Extropians
> > > spend a lot of time plotting out neo-Darwinian future scenarios
> > dominated by
> > > futuristic technologies. Navigating their Web site, you will find
> > optimistic
> > > predictions of off-world space colonies, advanced robotics, artificial
> > > intelligence, nanotechnology and life extension through mental
> > downloads.
> > > Like religious mystics, the Extropians meticulously plan for the day
> > when
> > > technology will free us forever from the clutches of the earth, the
>body
> > and
> > > death itself.
>
>
>Yep. And the really great thing about that is, WE DELIVER!

How so?

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