Re: dr suess on the loose...

Elizabeth Childs (echilds@linex.com)
Sat, 29 May 1999 10:11:26 -0700

I was recently asked whether I thought the future would be more like Blade Runner or like Star Trek. My vote? It'll be more like Marvel Comics.

All of the various superhero myths are about people with human personalities but superhuman abilities, most of which may be possible someday with nano. Extropian in spirit, I think.

Spike Jones wrote:
>
> > Anders Sandberg [asa@nada.kth.se] wrote:
> > >We need more transhumanists to write childrens books! And cartoons!
>
> Yes, Anders, that is exactly where I was going with this thread. Does
> anyone know of *existing* childrens literature that has extropian memes?
> I dont. I may try to generate some. spike