[extropy-chat] Transhumanism 666: The Mark of the Beast

[Samantha Atkins]

On Dec 22, 2004, at 12:54 PM, Hara Ra wrote:

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> So, IMO, the beginnings of cladic formation. Example: as a cryonicist, 
> I live from the pov of an immortalist. This is often subtle, but 
> important in how I handle long range decisions. I have to discern if 
> another is an immortal or not, it makes a difference in some cases. 
> Brutal Example: Mortals are disposable. They die. If you don't get 
> along with them, the issues die with them. Immortals, well, memories 
> are forever, must handle more carefully.
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Here is something for your further consideration.   Every single person 
in the world is a potential immortal.   Each person who has not 
consciously decided this is possible and desirable is merely not yet 
conscious and affirming of their potential.   This does not mean they 
are "disposable".    It means that an immortal is about to die real 
death needlessly out of ignorance!

Another thought is that it is very unlikely that an immortal would fail 
to forgive some email slight you experienced with one another back when 
you both were young barely conscious and unaugmented raw as programmed 
by brute evolution alone intelligences.   Our perspective needs to 
shift.

I think that our morality will shift a great deal when we learn to 
think of one another this way.   I believe we will learn a lot of 
compassion along the way.

- s