From: Jonathan Reeves (JonathanR@iclshelpdesks.com)
Date: Wed Mar 29 2000 - 04:38:02 MST
Geoff Smith wrote:
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Which brings me back to what Natasha and Robert are saying. People are
acting against their self-interest. They need to be educated,
culturally. Plain, old-fashioned marketing. If there is any role for an
NGO, it is education. Once people are sold on the idea that a greatly
expanded lifespan is highly valuable for both themselves and most of
the people around them, the market demand and investment dollars will flow
naturally. There is a mantra embedded in the collective consciousness,
"The Internet is the Future." Seeing how that simple hypnotic phrase has
transformed our economy overnight, I can only imagine what the effects
would be after embedding a similar suggestion about longevity.
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Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri game featured an advert for the Longevity Vaccine
which I've always thought was a superb piece of extropian propaganda.
"I want to live for ever - who wouldnt. Failing that I'd settle for a
couple of thousand years. Even five hundred would be nice"
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