RE: Re-crafting the extropian image [Was: RE: Norman Spinrad on THE SPIKE]

From: Ben Goertzel (ben@goertzel.org)
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 06:35:14 MDT


> Wired struck a good balance of sexiness, content, and accessibility, which
> is why I think they were successful. They started to die when the content
> started to wither.
>

Ok, so we can combine all three.

Sexiness: on the cover, Eliezer in a bikini

Content: fill the pages up with unfiltered messages from the extropians list

Accessibility: I'll have my kids draw little cartoon illustrations of the
messages

Bingo! We'll be laughing all the way to the bank!!

Seriously -- I think your analysis does make sense ;)

ben



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