Re: RANT

From: Dave Sill (dsill@highland.net)
Date: Wed Nov 15 2000 - 10:20:45 MST


Nicq MacDonald <namacdonald@stthomas.edu> wrote:
>
> To me, Extropianism is something of a postmodernist apocalypse cult. "Yes,
> everything will be good when the singularity comes.

I really don't think you have a good handle on Extropianism. For one thing,
it's not the same as Singulatarianism. Extropy can increase dramatically
without a singularity, though, of course, best-case singularity scenarios
could peg the needle on the Extrop-O-Meter.

> This is just one side of me talking. There are few things that I enjoy
> more than playing Devil's Advocate.

It's OK to do that sometimes, but try to avoid playing the Devil's Johnson.
:-)

-Dave



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