From: Brett Paatsch (bpaatsch@bigpond.net.au)
Date: Wed Jul 23 2003 - 18:25:05 MDT
Jeff Davis writes:
> I would like to suggest a Wikipedia approach to
> compiling "The Unimagined Future or Transhumanism
> for Dummies".
>
> The wikipedia software is open source and freely
> available for independent use, so you could set up a
> separate site for the effort, or you could just go to
> Wikiopedia's page for "Transhumanism"
>
> http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?search=transhumanism&go=Go
>
> and work it up at that location, expanding what they
> already have, or
>
> you could use the Wikipedia site and software, without
> disturbing their current "Transhumanism" entry, by
> opening a new, separate, 'dedicated' entry and
> developing the piece there.
>
> Anyone who cared to be involved could contribute
> original material, cut and paste from the archives or
> from non-archive sources, or edit or enlarge or append
> to by link.
>
> I suggest this approach having just come from
> wikipedia where I looked for an entry on a VERY
> controversial topic and found to my astonishment the
> most civil, comprehensive, and balanced treatment I
> have ever seen. Both sides, no shouting. No shouting
> at all! And then, noticing a chopped phrase, I
> activated edit mode, and went in and fixed it, easy as
> pie, without jumping through hoops or anything. Very
> impressive.
>
> Very extropic.
>
> "Who will help me bake my bread?"
If you *start* to build it (and tell me) I will come.
Brett
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