From: Adrian Tymes (wingcat@pacbell.net)
Date: Mon Jun 02 2003 - 22:55:08 MDT
--- Anders Sandberg <asa@nada.kth.se> wrote:
> The agreement part is that I think the right way of
> approaching this is
> to look for business opportunities where one can
> both be transhumanist
> and make money. Not just one, but both. That way
> they reinforce each
> other, and we get rewards for being true to our
> ideas and we get a chance
> to do what we like. Start out small, and keep your
> feelers out for other
> similar nexi. We can work together professionally.
I wonder. Would it be worthwhile for the Extropians
site to host a classifieds section - especially given
today's economy? You know most of the candidates
there
would have a certain set of beliefs, which some
companies would very much want in their company
culture.
--- Harvey Newstrom <mail@HarveyNewstrom.com> wrote:
> However, if people would like to start brainstorming
> on a more realistic
> extropian project costing a few million dollars
> less....
Now that, I think this list can do. C'mon, everyone,
any ideas for pieces of TransHumanity, Inc. that we
could start up today for, say, under US$10 million?
Low cost orbital transport is already in the news (and
there are several companies trying for it, not that
there isn't room for new entrants and/or better
support
of the existing ones); what else seems feasable?
Any killer apps for wearable computers/augmented
reality nearing marketability? (Facial recognition
doesn't count yet: among other things, you'd need to
get the error rate way down before the market would go
for it, or so say the studies I've seen.)
I can think of at least one biotech possibility I've
mentioned on this list before, but I'm sure there are
several - not even counting spinoffs of Big Pharma
companies (whom you'd need to have personal
connections
with to tap; I'm looking for ideas the Joe Average
Extropian could use today).
What about 3D printers? Are there models available
that you could load food stock into, and print out
edible sculptures? Would edible sculptures be able to
support a business (and if so, with what service
area), or would you have to convince restaurants that
this was the latest trend, then support yourself
selling food printers, stock, and recipe software?
This seems like the kind of thing faux-fashionable
fast
food joints might like. What other profitable uses
are
there for the state of the art?
I'm sure I'm not the only one here who can dream this
stuff up - and, just as importantly, take a serious
look at it to see if it might have potential for
profit
within the next few years.
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