RE: ECONOMICS: Reality bites

From: Greg Burch (gregburch@gregburch.net)
Date: Fri Oct 04 2002 - 07:17:20 MDT


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Behalf Of Robert J. Bradbury
> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 10:56 PM

>
> (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.)

I'm still on the run, Robert, so I only have time for a small, quick
response -- consider this a "wrathlet", then. I'm afraid your
caricature is very unfair. May I suggest a book called "The Libertarian
Reader: Classic and Contemporary Writings from Lao-Tzu to Milton
Friedman," Edited by David Boaz?

> 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)?

Not knowing whether you're being serious or not, I can't make a real
reply, so I'll just respond with an aphorism: "TANSTAFL".

Greg Burch
Vice-President, Extropy Institute
http://www.gregburch.net



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