From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Thu Oct 03 2002 - 21:55:56 MDT
The NY Times has an interesting article on the similarities
and differences between the U.S. economy now and the Japanese
economy of a decade ago:
Japan and U.S.: Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble
by David Leonhardt
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/02/business/02JAPA.html?pagewanted=print
The interesting thing about this vis-a-vis the extropian/transhumanist
perspective is the lack-of-vision as to where we might go, what we might
do, and what we can be.
Borrowing from Max's book -- we need more "*onward*".
Screw libertarianism -- lets have more onwardism.
(I'll note as an aside [which will probably bring down the wrath of
the libertarians upon my head] that "strict" libertarianism in the
sense of "I want my gun, my beer and my freedom to watch Monday
night football 48 hours a day" *isn't* a particularly extropic
or even transhumanist vector.)
Being extropic or transhumanistic actually requires hard work.
Where in the libertarian agenda is there a requirement to do
such work (other than work which eliminates antiquated bipolar
political parties)?
R.
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