From: Len Flatley (lenny@velocity.net)
Date: Tue Sep 02 1997 - 19:58:56 MDT
for a definition of extropy, you might try looking at the lextropicon at
www.extropy.org:
EXTROPY: A measure of intelligence, information, energy, life,
experience, diversity, opportunity, and growth. The collection of
forces which oppose entropy. [T.O. Morrow, 1988]
On Tue, 2 Sep 1997, Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:
> Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 20:11:57 -0500
> From: "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" <sentience@pobox.com>
> Reply-To: extropians@extropy.org
> To: extropians@extropy.org
> Subject: Re: Extropy definition
>
> I disagree entirely. I for one believe that, however bad things may be, there
> is no reason why they shouldn't get worse and worse. The Universe does not
> favor us, however worthy we may be.
>
> For me, Extropy is simply the belief that high technology is a good thing, an
> inherent good, the high Art of Creation; one of the few bright shields between
> humanity and the darker futures. Knowledge and technology endure and uplift
> where other purposes fail or corrupt. Extropy is the beauty that shapes our
> souls to power.
> --
> sentience@pobox.com Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
> http://tezcat.com/~eliezer/singularity.html
> http://tezcat.com/~eliezer/algernon.html
> Disclaimer: Unless otherwise specified, I'm not telling you
> everything I think I know.
>
>
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