From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Sat Oct 09 1999 - 19:18:41 MDT
Natasha Vita-More wrote:
>
> >While we look at the development of extropianism/transhumansim
> >now as a significant event (and a d*** hard one to accomplish), looking at
> >it in retrospect from post-singularity time, it will be as significant as
> >what Al Capone had for breakfast on the day he died.
>
> Very interesting Robert, but I cannnot agree with you. Sounds like you are
> waiting for the future to happen rather than being a part of it.
To me it sounds like a perfectly valid observation, along the lines of
the fact that the first Cro-Magnon, no matter how great his historical
significance, probably couldn't hold a candle to the twentieth-century
person on the street. Causal effect is not the same as leading an
interesting life.
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