From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Tue Sep 10 2002 - 11:26:26 MDT
Max More wrote:
> In light of recent activity by racists, it's time for ExI to explicitly
> make a statement to go on the website. I'd like to get it on there
> quickly. Any comments on this draft?
>
> STATEMENT OF INCLUSION:
> Extropy Institute welcomes participation by all those who resonate with
> most of the Extropian Principles regardless of race, sex, sexual
> preference, nationality, or ethnicity. As extropians we seek to use
> technology, rationality, imagination with benevolence to give all
> individuals the ability to define themselves physically and
> psychologically. We see traditional lines dividing humans from each
> other as irrelevant even today, and as especially absurd in light of our
> future possibilities. Extropian thinking draws heavily on Enlightenment
> and humanist values, including the universalism of valuing all humans
> regardless of the trivial differences. Extropy Institute refuses to
> support any group which espouses any form of exclusionary and hate-based
> views. Extropians welcome individuals of every origin and kind in
> seeking perpetual progress, self-transformation, self-direction, open
> society, and the other freedom-oriented values.
"Extropy Institute welcomes participation by all those who resonate with
most of the Extropian Principles, regardless of race, sex, sexual
preference, nationality, or ethnicity. As extropians we believe that all
individuals have the right to use technology, rationality, and imagination
to define themselves physically and psychologically. We see traditional
lines dividing humans from each other as irrelevant even today, and as
especially absurd in light of our future possibilities. Extropian thinking
draws heavily on Enlightenment and humanist principles, including valuing
all humans regardless of differences, and extends these principles to
embrace a broader future. As extropians we explicitly oppose those
attempting to forcibly impose their physical or psychological definition
upon the rest of the world, including groups seeking to outlaw consensual
self-transformation, and groups espousing exclusionary and hate-based
views. Accepting and enlarging upon the lessons of the 20th century, the
Extropy Institute welcomes individuals of every origin and kind in seeking
perpetual progress, self-transformation, self-direction, open society, and
other freedom-oriented values."
-- Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/ Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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