From: Avatar Polymorph (way@warehouse.net)
Date: Fri Aug 14 1998 - 18:31:25 MDT
>The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement:
>http://www.vhemt.org/
>GAIA LIBERATION FRONT
>http://host.envirolink.org/coe/resources/glf/glf.html
>They are both about that the human race should die out to save the earth.
>They seem serious, but their claims are such, that for me it seems more like
>black humor.Ironically the Techno-Rapture is the expression of Gaian fruition,
despite
the temporary side-effect of mass extinctions (similar to previous ones
from
solar body strikes). Not only is it the mechanism for boosting of living
beings (and extinct ones) in the post-Escalation period (the
post-species
period) but science itself is an integral part of the process. At some
levels
our minds are the cortex of Gaia. Without more complex species and the
Techno-Rapture, changes in the Sun would destroy planetary life in only
500
million years, approximately one eighth of the present age of the Earth.
I
personally believe the Gaian process is only a precursor to a wider
universal
process in which thought itself infuses universal structures and
environmental manipulation becomes an aspect of self-direction. All very
old
hat and typically Extropian. However, the debate is about directions and
mechanisms and degrees of inclusion. Perhaps it is limiting to think in
terms
of only one answer, or the concept of answers. Perhaps some of us will
leave
for the stars, some for other universes and some will manipulate
spacetime
locally. Some may adhere to flesh, some may not, some may do both -
after
all, why stop with one body? I believe the real issues are more ones of
rules
of consent and inclusion of choice. I see choice itself as the ultimate
boundary condition of the multiverse. That's why I know myself to be
Rather
Simplistic. Avatar Polymorph, way@warehouse.net, August 29 after
Armstrong.
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