From: Max More (max@maxmore.com)
Date: Fri May 04 2001 - 01:21:54 MDT
At 11:22 PM 5/3/01, you wrote:
>KRON channel 4 on the 11 oclock news just ran a piece
>on cryonics, and it actually had a positive spin. There was
>not so much as a single smirk. Ralph Merkle was a star.
>Even the weatherman was jazzed. Suddenly I feel so...
>mainstream. spike
Isn't it great? (Really, a *hell* of a long way to go yet, but enjoyable
anyway.)
Once cryonics becomes normal practice, we can turn out attention more
towards other areas that need work. Spike, as an extropian, parts of your
existing self will be absorbed by the mainstream (a good thing), but you
can continue pushing ahead to farther and better.
Besides, someone as inspiringly goofy as you could never been considered
truly mainstream.
Max
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