Re: Creating transhumanist-friendly mainstream big media

From: Natasha Vita-More (natasha@natasha.cc)
Date: Mon Jul 07 2003 - 10:46:36 MDT

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    At 10:31 AM 7/7/03 +0000, you wrote:

    I think one of the main problems that the extropian - transhumanist
    movement faces is lack of favorable exposure on mainstream media. The
    little exposure that we get tends to be mocking or openly hostile. The
    likes of Kass and Fukuyama get much more and much better exposure.
    By mainstream big media I simply mean getting a lot of readers (hits,
    listeners, viewers, ...) and being recognized as a player by other
    mainstream big media. Miscellaneous examples: The Economist, MSNBC,
    Slashdot, Salon.

    Thanks for your post. I have one suggestion: Why don't you send this
    email letter to Extropy Institute and request that we discuss your ideas at
    our next board meeting? This way action can be taken to review your ideas
    and see if they can be acted upon.

    So many ideas are lost on such a busy list. Better to send the ideas
    directly to ExI with how you see a role for yourself in implementing
    them. First, we cannot accomplish goals alone; second, the big player are
    less than 6 degrees of separation - they are very close by. Sometimes, so
    close that we forget to look at them.

    best,
    Natasha

    Natasha Vita-More
    http://www.natasha.cc
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    President, Extropy Institute
    http://www.extropy.org
    Founder, Transhumanist Arts & Culture
    http://www.transhuman.org
    http://www.extropic-art.com
    http://www.transhumanist.biz



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