From: Brian Atkins (brian@posthuman.com)
Date: Mon Mar 27 2000 - 22:03:11 MST
Google recently integrated the open directory project into its search
results. The open directory is maintained by thousands of volunteers,
so not surprising.
Stirling Westrup wrote:
>
> I was just checking out Google's new web directory search engine. I
> decided to do a search for "The Spike", to see if I could find an
> alternative source for the book, other than Amazon UK. Much to my
> surprise, I found that Google has set aside categories for transhuman and
> extropic topics! Thus, one can look up:
>
> Society > Philosophy > Current Movements > Transhumanism
>
> And get a whole list of links, including:
>
> Categories:
> Altruistic (2) Ethics (2) Singularity (13)
> Art (2) Neurohacking (2) Transhumanists (6)
> Criticisms of Transhumanism (1)
>
> Related Categories:
> Computers > Artificial_Intelligence (700)
> Health > Life_Extension (194)
> Science > Biology > Cryobiology > Cryonics (80)
> Science > Technology > Nanotechnology (34)
> Society > Future (77)
> Society > Issues > Science and Technology > Biotechnology (123)
> Society > Religion and Spirituality > Faiths and Beliefs > Humanism (55)
>
> I take this as a sign that extropian memes, if not yet taking hold, are at
> least getting noticed.
>
> --
> Stirling Westrup | Use of the Internet by this poster
> sti@cam.org | is not to be construed as a tacit
> | endorsement of Western Technological
> | Civilization or its appurtenances.
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