Re: CULTURE: Chicago Tribune on Futurists (Includes Extropians)

From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Mon Jan 01 2001 - 00:55:06 MST


"J. R. Molloy" wrote:
>
> > Perhaps the most zealous proselytizers for this new brand of Homo Cyber
> are
> > the post-humanists known as the Extropians (www.extropy.com). The
> Extropians
> > spend a lot of time plotting out neo-Darwinian future scenarios
> dominated by
> > futuristic technologies. Navigating their Web site, you will find
> optimistic
> > predictions of off-world space colonies, advanced robotics, artificial
> > intelligence, nanotechnology and life extension through mental
> downloads.
> > Like religious mystics, the Extropians meticulously plan for the day
> when
> > technology will free us forever from the clutches of the earth, the body
> and
> > death itself.

Yep. And the really great thing about that is, WE DELIVER!

- samantha



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