From: nanowave (nanowave@shaw.ca)
Date: Wed Dec 18 2002 - 23:07:53 MST
I've often pondered the various obstacles that make "selling"
transhuman/extropian ideas to the ignorant/indifferent masses so difficult.
Although I'm pulling the following range out of my rear end, and
purposefully ignoring other important factors such as education, ideology,
sf exposure, and web-ability etc., I feel a good transhumanist candidate
(100% >H lore virgin) probably falls between the ages of 28 and 40 years,
nine times out of ten. Any younger, and they're probably too focused on
other matters to give much thought to getting old and actually dying one
day, or trying to figure out their place in the evolving metaverse. Any
older, and their memes/dreams have probably hardened more than their
arteries.
That's why I thought this item was rather interesting:
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=116&art_id=qw1039668480796B241&set_i
d=1
What a great way to teach some of that former <28 group that thinking about
transhuman ideas might be worthwhile.
As for the over 40 group? Well, we'll probably have to reanimate a vitrified
dog or two before they'll come around.
Russell Evermore
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