A child's book of memes

Nick Nicholas (raven@interramp.com)
Thu, 15 May 1997 14:10:33 -0400


Anders Sandberg wrote:

> > Along those lines, does anyone have any suggestions for how to raise
> a
> > successful, Extropian child? Are there any particularly good books,
> web
> > sites, etc. out there?
>
> I have not yet seen any good resources for extropian child rearing,
> but it sounds like a void which we have to fill.
>
> Here is my personal tip: whenever the child asks "why?" try to
> answer, or explain that you don't know. Always answer, or direct the
> child to an information source.

I was heavily influenced by Bucky Fullers early books particularly "An
Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth ". It's a little dated but very
extropian for it's time.
This leads me to wonder what motivates people to identify with
transhmanist groups? Any thoughts?