From: Brian Atkins (brian@posthuman.com)
Date: Wed Jun 07 2000 - 22:52:44 MDT
QueeneMUSE@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 6/7/2000 7:03:10 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> brian@posthuman.com writes:
>
> > Is Martha
> > Stewart an extropian?
>
> Well, no, not probably, if you mean is she into cryonics and nanotech.
> ; )
> But. If it's a question of values? Are you asking if it's Extropian to have
> elegance, well cultivated visual aesthetics of home and hearth? Yes. And
> manners. And graciousness. Yes.
> (which many REAL extropians forgo in their zeal to be rational).
> Does Martha Stewart want to live forever? Deoas she read Churchland? I
> dunno...
> But.
> Being artistic, polite, refined, courtly.. having the talent for living... a
> beautiful pleasing radiant environment? Is that extropian??
>
> HELL YEEEEAH
>
Those may be elements of an extropian, but alone they do not make an
extropian. By definition an extropian is an individual that adheres
to the extropian principles. By adhere, I mean live day to day. Not
just talk about it on a mailing list, or adhere to only the parts of
the principles that they find convenient.
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