From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Mon Aug 19 2002 - 13:59:37 MDT
Regina Pancake wrote:
>
>
> So here's a twist.
> I tend to think of myself as a "Green/Transhumanist.
> How many of this list see themselves the same, or are Green and
> Transhumanist just not to be uttered in the same sentence?
> Something like Compassionate Republican maybe, or no? ;)
> I've been associated with the Extropians for more than 10 years now.
> Its really starting to bubble out there and a lot more people know what
> I'm talking about with out the "Big Explanation" as a precursor to any
> dinner conversation or casual chats on long car rides. They key on the
> word Transhuman more than Extropian by far.
>
It depends on what you mean by "Green". From the rest of your
message it is likely you don't buy into a lot of eco-Green
ideas, at least not the more anti-tech, anti-progress ones. If
you are talking on the less common Spiral Dynamics color schemes
then there are some Green memes around but Orange clearly
predominates. Color me Yellow-Torquoise on the SD scales.
Personally I think the tech and freedom to develop and use the
tech is only a part of the story of how we transcend current
limitations and acheive the future of our dreams. We
desperately need integrative, inclusive visions of precisely
what kind of future we wish to acheive. We need powerful
Vision-memes and we need a lot more of the Compassionate thing.
- samantha
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