From: Julien, Howard (c) (Howard.Julien@mci.com)
Date: Wed Dec 02 1998 - 07:30:52 MST
For myself, the memes I absorbed from SCI-fi contributed to a mind-set that
made it almost impossible to talk to _most_ other about thing that seemed to
me to really matter, no common language.
I think those memes are much more widely spread now than in the past but
there's an aura of 'fairy tale' to them that keeps most people from actually
thinking about them.
Certainly even with the computer revolution as a yardstick most are
unwilling to recognize that _many_ (if not all) of the fundamentals of life
are on the same fast track of change.
I'm not sure we need to push Transhumanist memes as much as we need to
emphasize that things are changing _quickly_ and there's a need to be
informed and prepared.
If that gets across those that can adjust will (and decide what form that
adjustment will take _on their own_) and the rest, as always will muddle
along and maybe get sucked under (so sad).
-----Original Message-----
From: Leon Boey [mailto:blackman@pacific.net.sg]
Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 1998 6:47 AM
To: extropians@extropy.com
Subject: Re: Transhumanist Kids [was: Re: FW: Immortality ...]
Seems everybody everywhere has this problem.
Ever wonder why most people just don't seem to be able to relate to
transhumanist ideas. Could it be a lack of interest or lack of intellect? Is
there any way that we can do to change this sad state of affairs? I'm pretty
sure the world would be much better off for it.
Leon
-----Original Message-----
From: Julien, Howard (c) < Howard.Julien@mci.com
<mailto:Howard.Julien@mci.com> >
To: 'extropians@extropy.com' <mailto:'extropians@extropy.com'> <
extropians@extropy.com <mailto:extropians@extropy.com> >
Date: Tuesday, December 01, 1998 12:46 AM
Subject: RE: Transhumanist Kids [was: Re: FW: Immortality ...]
For what it's worth I'm 50 and have had this problem all my life, at least
until I stumbled onto this list.
It was a major revolution to me that there was an organized(?) group out
there that I could relate to.
-----Original Message-----
From: christophe delriviere [ mailto:darkmichet@bigfoot.com
<mailto:darkmichet@bigfoot.com> ]
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 1998 2:02 PM
To: extropians@extropy.com
Subject: Re: Transhumanist Kids [was: Re: FW: Immortality ...]
Erin Jones wrote:
> Well, I barely discuss it with my friends. Actually during one break
> period I showed one of my friends the Extropian Homepage, heh, she
> really wasn't very interested. I don't think they really understand it
>
> and it doesn't really appeal to them. Then again I'm not quite sure if
>
> anything appeals to them. Heh. I'm not even sure if they have ever
> heard
> the word transhumanistic. The people I hang out with aren't really
> like
> me. They listen to the same music as me, you know like Nirvana, Nine
> Inch Nails... But I've never really met anyone that is interested in
> the
> same ideas and thoughts as me. That's kind of why I joined the mailing
>
> list, so I can read what others think about things that I don't
> normally
> discuss with my friends, or family.
> -Erin
> :)
> mute@pcez.com
> painfreak@vtech.ml.org
>
Ah... don't worry, I'm 23 and I've the same problem ;)....
delriviere
christophe
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