Re: Being Extropic

From: James (james@lab6.com)
Date: Wed Aug 06 2003 - 04:09:56 MDT

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    On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 05:43:49PM +1000, Brett Paatsch wrote:
    > I think my level of personal optimism peaked around
    > 1999/2000 when Dolly was cloned, the human genome
    > was racing along, Thomson and Gearheart had isolated
    > human embryonic stem cells. I was aware that books
    > like Damien Brodericks Last Mortal generation were
    > seeping into the social and cultural groundwater and
    > I was discovering to my delight the power of the internet
    > and the range of kindred spirits or thinkers of likemind
    > exploring such issues as cryonics, uploading, biotechnology,
    > ethics etc. It seemed then that the world had grown up
    > and the time and opportunity for serious change had never
    > been better.
    >
    > Then Bush won the presidency and put embryonic stem
    > cell research (which we need for basic understanding of life)
    > in concrete and did his best to sink it.

    The 21st century started in August 1991 and ended November 2000. I
    thought it was going somewhere too.

    -- 
    James <james@lab6.com> <http://james.lab6.com>
    


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