From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Sun May 09 1999 - 15:14:03 MDT
jonwill wrote,
>While no two humans are exactly the same, we are all of one race, the human
>race, and we all share the experience of life in an essentially identical
carbon
>based life form structure. We all work for continuing survival while in
this
>structure, and hope for a happy, safe, and good life for ourselves and
loved
>ones. Since everyone has a common desire for the best life attainable, we
should
>jointly try to achieve the same.
One of the most powerful attributes of the extropy meme relates to the way
it sympathetically supports all approaches to expanding and improving
sentient life, while focusing on emerging technologies. I like that.
Perhaps we put the extropian cart before the conventional horse when we
attempt to gain life eternal without first comprehending life.
Wilson's work on consilience represents a milestone in the unification of
all the sciences, the social as well as the natural sciences. Highly
recommended reading, and if any senior members of this list would like to
open a thread on the subject, I'd joyfully engage it (as a self-evidently
junior subscriber, of course).
Cheers,
--J. R.
"Beer is proof that Life loves us and wants us to be happy."
--Benjamin Franklin (slightly modified to fit high-definition mindscapes)
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