-----Original Message-----
From: Max More <max@maxmore.com>
To: extropians@extropy.org <extropians@extropy.org>
Cc: max@maxmore.com <max@maxmore.com>
Date: 10 May 2001 23:31
Subject: Welcome Steve [Re: Traditional China as a counterexample to
"spikism"]
>At 02:06 PM 5/10/01, Steve Davies wrote:
>
>>I should introduce myself - I'm an historian in Manchester UK. I don't
know
>>if it's unusual to find historians among extropians/transhumanists but
then
>>I'm also a libertarian, SF fan and a congenital optimist (but then what
else
>>can I be as a Manchester City supporter!).
>
>Steve! I thought the person behind the emails might be the Prof. Steve
>Davis that I met and liked back in the 1980s, when I was still in England
>and active in the Libertarian Alliance.
>
>BTW, my second ever public talk, which I gave to that organization, was
>"Aspects of British Economic History: Some Libertarian Perspectives"
>Sunday July 29 1984.
>
>Steve, I don't know how much you know about Extropy Institute, but welcome
>to the list. If you're now scratching your head, I should say that I
>changed my surname in 1990, well after we last met.
>
>Yes, historians are underrepresented on this List though, as you can tell,
>certain people have plenty of knowledge in certain areas -- Greg Burch
>especially in Chinese history, and quite a few of us in the history of
>technology. I'm delighted to meet you again, if virtually. Any chance that
>a stingy state university would pay your travel costs to come to the
>Extro-5 conference where we will be addressing the issues you're discussing
>with Greg?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Max
Hi Max,
I remember you well, I have actually followed what you've been up to over
the years partly through the web, partly through mutual acquaintances (I met
some when I was at IHS about 10-11 years ago). I would love to come to
Extro-5 but I'm all tied up right now until the end of June with exam
marking :(. (There are consolations to that - I had a student today tell me
how Jeremy Bentham is the distinguished prefessor of History at University
College London! He also thought John Locke was a 19th century philosopher!).
I am over in California later on in the Summer so I'll call you then.
Cheers
Steve
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