From: Harvey Newstrom (newstrom@newstaffinc.com)
Date: Mon Jun 07 1999 - 15:14:21 MDT
I think you are right, because all those topics come from the Extropian
Principals. But I think you have just given me an idea!
It may be too broad a spectrum to include Transhumanism, Self-Ownership, and
Spontaneous Order into the same list. This translates into cryonicists and
cyberpunks talking with gun-owners and libertarians talking with anarchists
and tax evaders. This is a diverse mix. Even I got confused as to what was
on-topic, hence my question.
Maybe we could divide Extropians into a list for each of the major
principals?
perpetualprogress@extropians.com
selftransformation@extropians.com
practicaloptimism@extropians.com
intelligenttechnology@extropians.com
opensociety@extropians.com
selfdirection@extropians.com
rationalthinking@extropians.com
and we could keep the general extropians@extropy.com for other discussions,
discussions about the extropian movement itself, or discussions about
extropians themselves. Also, general announcements or references can be
sent to the main list as well. Each person could subscribe to the main list
and whichever specific topic list they desired.
Would this work to subdivide topics? Would this work for the gun debate, if
it primarily was held in selfdirection? This might help keep some threads
on topic. It might help keep on-topic threads like guns away from people
who want to talk about a different on-topic subject.
I think it would be useful. It might help encourage discussions in all
extropian areas, and not just a few. If there are topics that are of
interest to everybody, but don't fit into a category, it might help lead to
expansion of the Extropian Principals. If there is a topic that doesn't get
much traffic, it could indicate a need for more information in that area.
Any comments?
----- Original Message -----
From: Lee Daniel Crocker <lcrocker@mercury.colossus.net (none)>
To: <extropians@extropy.com>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 1999 4:00 pm
Subject: Re: SAVING FLAGS, BURNING RIGHTS by James Bovard
> > What is the purpose of the Extropians List? Without even arguing
> > pro or con on the politics of flag burning, is this an Extropian Issue?
>
> If you're into transhumanism and technology, there are lots of
> resources and groups talking about those subjects. The Extropian
> Principles, however, explicitly value self-ownership and spontaneous
> order. Political issues that conflict with these princliples are
> on topic. Particularly issues that concern supression of freedom
> to explore new ideas and new technologies.
>
> Anyone who fights death is a transhumanist; an Extropian has to
> fight both death /and/ taxes.
>
> --
> Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lcrocker.html>
> "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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