re: Being Extropic

From: ankara@baynet.net
Date: Sat Aug 02 2003 - 23:52:01 MDT

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    Greetings -

    This poll interests me. Has a working definition of 'terrorism' been
    presented?
      ~ankara

    > Of course not; we never have been. Total safety is illusory.
    >
    > So the question is "how safe are we"?
    >
    > How about a poll...
    >
    > Who on the list personally knows someone affected by terrorism.
    > Personal
    > acquaintances as maximum distance, no friends of friends please.
    >
    > More subjective: would you rate yourself now (hopefully based on some
    > kind
    > of quasi-empirical guestimate, at least) as more or less safe than you
    > were
    > 10 years ago? 20 years ago? What are the major threats to your
    > continued
    > existence/lifestyle? How about 10 years into the future?
    >
    > Just for a bit of extropian perspective, remember that it is still the
    > case
    > that we all have a death sentence hanging over our heads, and will be
    > until
    > someone fixes it.
    >
    > Emlyn



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