From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Wed Jul 10 2002 - 21:53:17 MDT
Artillo5@cs.com wrote:
> TT definitely has a good point. If Transhumanism/Extropianism was to go
> "mainstream", I would be afraid that it would become a *dumbed down* version
> for the masses. In my opinion that would not be a good thing! Do we really
> want it to become the *flavor of the month* in pop culture?
I think these sorts of views are missing something important. I
am not transhumanist/extropian because it is avant garde, but
because I care about having vastly more choices for myself and
all of humanity. If a large part of humanity also sees that as
a really good thing I couldn't be happier. More hands (and more
importantly, heads) make for lighter work and less obstruction
along the way. Also, the more people who "get it", even in a
more mundane way, the more people who are likely to be saved
from a meaningless and unnecessary death. I would think that
out of goodwill and basic benevolence alone we would want the
memeset to spread far and wide.
>It's sad to say,
> but the vast majority of the population either is too ignorant, wrapped up in
> established dogma, or too lazy to even take Extropian principles to heart and
> *really* understand what it's all about. I don't want to sound elitist, but
> it's a difficult situation to be in when you don't go along with what the
> majority thinks, and I would actually prefer the company of intelligent,
> thoughtful, and proactive people over the pervasive TV/Media/Pop culture
> masses.
>
Why not give them something better than tv/media/pop. Why not
increase the yield of "us" in the culture?
- samantha
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