Eugene Leitl:
> > From a technical standpoint, of course the extropian list should be
> > converted to slashcode--it is a far superior format. However...it will
>
> I'm sorry, but this is compleat bovine excrement. Superior, how? Superior,
> for whom? Content carriers use proven, low-friction communication medium.
> As a rule, they will avoid using the mouse. They will minimize the number
> of keystrokes, and use advanced filtering. Slashdot is tailored towards
> the average male Internet user. Do you really want content coming from
> that class of users?
Absolutely we do. If ExI remains one of those things that only matters to
the intellectuals and a small group of snobs/wannabes/capables, then it
won't exist in twenty years time. It'll have been another fad.
You need all those people that you dispise, Eugene, if your visions are
going to become reality. You need their support, belief and encouragement.
Society gets the technology that it desires far more rapidly than the stuff
it hasn't heard of.
We should be spreading the ExI meme far and wide, and adopting the best
means possible for doing so for each target audience.
Those who like mailing lists should use mailing lists. Those who are better
approached with slashcode should be given a slashcode interface. And so
forth.
Elitism is a problem. Here's a good quiz: name twenty elitist social groups
from the twentieth century that no longer exist. Shouldn't be too hard.
Reason
http://www.exratio.com/
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