From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Thu Dec 19 2002 - 11:41:16 MST
> (nanowave <nanowave@shaw.ca>):
> I feel a good transhumanist candidate probably falls between the
> ages of 28 and 40 years... 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.
> ...
> As for the over 40 group? Well, we'll probably have to reanimate a
> vitrified dog or two before they'll come around.
Give the fogies a little more credit for flexibility. I'm just on
the edge of 40 myself, and I know there are philosophical positions
I haven't solidified in my mind yet. I also know that I've swayed
older folks on certain issues, especially politics, though I admit
it's unlikely that I'll be able to talk my parents into cryonics.
I still have some hope for my big sister (45).
-- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lee/> "All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past, are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC
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