From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Wed Apr 17 2002 - 00:32:01 MDT
On Tuesday, April 16, 2002, at 05:07 pm, Mike Lorrey wrote:
> "Extremism in defense of extropy is no vice, moderation in pursuit of a
> transhumanist future is no virtue."
I disagree. I hate this quote. Extremism is evil, even if it is for a
good cause. Then ends do not justify the means. We must keep logic and
rationality in mind on every issue. No issue is so important that we
break the rules, don't consider the consequences, or give ourselves
special considerations that we do not allow for others. This is the
trap that all evil empires and religious cults fall into. The cause
becomes so great that we don't have time to plan, we don't have time to
consider, we don't have time to be careful. When the speed becomes of
the essence so that delays are unacceptable, corners are cut, security
is lost, mistakes are made, and catastrophes happen.
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