From: Brian Atkins (brian@posthuman.com)
Date: Wed Aug 16 2000 - 16:43:48 MDT
Why bother changing your name unless your goal is to create confusion...
If your goal is to show that you aren't the same person anymore, then
just add a version number: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky 2.0 or somesuch.
"E. Shaun Russell" wrote:
>
> Eliezer wrote:
>
> >It seems likely that changing your name at age twenty or so will
> >eventually become a commonly observed custom of the digital age,
> >Singularity permitting.
>
> I changed my name at sixteen, after a major epiphany\apostasy of sorts;
> unfortunately, I may have changed it too soon, as like Eli, there are a few
> slightly embarassing things I published on or about the net at that age. I
> would change it again, however, I think I am a bit too well known to do so
> without alienating at least some of my audience\readers.
>
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