From: Camp, Christopher (CCamp@omm.com)
Date: Mon Nov 25 2002 - 12:08:34 MST
I'm interested in being added to the review loop. Look forward to reading
your work.
Chris
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From: Ramez Naam [mailto:mez@apexnano.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 11:15 AM
To: extropians@extropy.org
Subject: (re)introduction: Ramez Naam
Hello.
I've been a lurker on this list for about 6 years now, and have delurked
occasionally, but have never had sufficient free time to really engage in
conversations here.
I thought it high time that I delurk again and give active correspondence
another shot.
First, I'd like to say that this list has been a tremendous resource for me.
While it has its occasional signal / noise problems, there is some amazingly
high quality signal. So to all you posters that have educated me over the
years, thank you.
Now, who am I?
My name is Ramez Naam. My friends call me "mez". I'm a US citizen residing
in Seattle, WA. I was born in Cairo, Egypt and immigrated to the US with my
parents at the age of 3. I spent several years at a major software company
located just outside of Seattle leading the design and development of
software products used by 10s of millions of people - specifically Outlook
and Internet Explorer. I realize that my former employer is the source of
some controversy in a number of online communities. I'm comfortable with
that, as I am with my contribution to the world through my work on those
products. Ask me sometime and I'll tell you what I'd do differently if I
had to do it over again, and what I'd keep exactly the same.
More recently I've been running a small nanotechnology software startup -
our aim is to make computer aided molecular design user friendly enough for
the average bench chemist, physicist, or chemical engineer. For those of
you not familiar with the field of computer aided molecular design /
computational chemistry / molecular modeling, let's just say that it's
currently a mess, which we believe we have the opportunity to help clarify.
I'm also currently working on a book with the working title "More Than
Human: Technology and the Future of Mankind". The thesis of the book is
that it is a fundamental part of human nature to seek to improve ourselves
and our offspring, and as such, we should welcome technologies such as
intelligence augmentation, lifespan extension, stem cells, cloning, genetic
engineering, and brain computer interfaces, as they provide very promising
paths to the self- and offspring- improvement that we seek. The book is
aimed at a lay audience and covers both the technologies I just mentioned
and the common sense ethical arguments for embracing them (with all due
regard to issues of safety). I hope to have the book completed by spring in
time for Fall publication, though my friends who are published authors
inform me that this is quite an ambitious timeline. If you're seriously
interested in reviewing and offering feedback on parts of the book during
the writing process, let me know and I'll add you to my review loop.
So, that's a bit about me. It's a pleasure to be a member of this list.
Time allowing, you may see more of my posts in the near future.
cheers,
mez
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