Max More
Editor, Extropy
more@extropy.org
E X T R O P Y #17
(vol.8, no.2) 2nd half 1996/376pno
FEATURES
Jamming with the Cosmos.
A conversation with Dr. Fiorella Terenzi by Amara Graps.
Anti-Aging Conference Report.
Michael Perry uncovers gerontologists in=85 Las Vegas!
Extropy Now!
Peter Voss covers the essentials of overcoming limits today.
A Critique of Barlow=92s Declaration of Cyberspace Independence.
Reilly Jones
Molecular Robots
Prof. Ari Requicha wants to program matter just like software.
Performance Enhancement and Legal Theory
Interview with far-sighted legal theorist Prof. Michael Shapiro.
The Heat Death of Timothy Leary.
Max More asks why Leary was incinerated rather than frozen. With a memory of
the memorial by Natasha Vita More.
Nanotech Conference report.
Progress in the smallest science, Ralph Merkle investigates.
HUMOR: All Things Dull and Ugly.
The dark side of All Things Bright and Beautiful!
The Fuzzy Tax Form.
Bart Kosko.
COLUMNS
Bio-Enhancement Update; DHEA & Creatine. [Ray Sahelian, MD]
Idea Futures Listing . [Duane Hewitt]
Enigma: Fractal Mazes. [Mark Wolf]
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Nanotechnology; Space and Rockets; Economy.)
Extropy Institute Update.
Back issues.
DISCRIMINATOR (reviews)
Paul M. Churchland, The Engine of Reason, The Seat of the Soul. [Gregory
Sullivan]=20
Nathaniel Branden, Six Pillars of Self-Esteem. [Peter Voss]
Harry Browne, Why Government Doesn=92t Work. [Eric Watt Forste]
Sahelian & Dave Tuttle Creatine: The Muscle Builder. [Max More]
Kevin Kelly, Out of Control. [Anders Sandberg]
Synthetic Pleasures. =09
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