> OK, we've gone over Nietzche as a possible memetic ancestor; who else
> might qualify? Who first inspired &/or
> infected you with the transhumanist/extropian meme?
>
> In my case, in no particular order:
>
> Bucky Fuller
> Robert Heinlein
> Timothy Leary
> Spock*
> Robert Anton Wilson
> (*fictional characters count)
George Gilder.