From: J. Maxwell Legg (income@ihug.co.nz)
Date: Mon Oct 26 1998 - 23:43:33 MST
Max More wrote:
>
> I've changed the phrasing in the Perpetual Improvement section to this:
> "Extropians affirm a rational, non-coercive environmentalism aimed at
> sustaining
> and enhancing the conditions for our flourishing."
That's fine now.
> How is it authoritarian to *refrain* from doing something?
Vested interests stifle experimentation by a simple process of thought
alignment.
> No one's stopping you. (Have you been visited by the NSA?)
I should have written national security agencies in lower case meaning
that term to apply to all countries and their need for secrecy. However,
I have been visited by a number of their pavement artists but in the end
most leave with a changed outlook.
> Apart from this, I agree with Robin's response. "Capital" doesn't imply money.
I'll remember that whenever I consider my contribution.
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