From: ABlainey@aol.com
Date: Sun Jun 01 2003 - 19:39:38 MDT
In a message dated 02/06/03 02:02:18 GMT Daylight Time, nanowave@shaw.ca
writes:
.........
> I believe as extropians we are bound to draw closer together over the
> course
> of the next few decades (or centuries) and we ought to seriously consider
> clever, economical, and downright cool strategies that might enhance our
> understanding and appreciation of these final, historic, pre-singularity
> days.
> ................
>
This prompts me to voice one thing I have noticed about the list in general
(from my viewpoint anyway) As a group I think we are adding to extropy. At the
same time, we are all doing it through individual efforts. Other than
regional meetings, etc., Extropianism seems to be a very solitary affair. Where each
of us is still waging our daily war with the everyday problems of life. We
still have to work, pay bills and live in our own houses, with no help from
fellow extropes other than rare snippets of advise.
Pooling our talents in a collective pot would seem a very obvious and
hopefully profitable endeavour. Maybe we should forward a few ideas for an extropian
business? we are all online and im sure many of us would be very happy to
devote time and knowledge if we had a financial gain. We already have Writers,
researchers and probably everything we need to start an online publishing
company.
Maybe a new everyday life list would help, where we could exchange ideas and
advise on everyday things. Such as health, finances even just swap recipes.
with a group of people this big, with such a broad range of skills, there
must be dozens if not hundreds of things we could do collectively. That could
make our lives just a little bit easier.
Any Ideas? how about a proposal for an experiment, to see if we can achieve
something like a small business?
Alex
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