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Extropy Institute Newsletter - Vital Progress Summit
Warming Up for the Summit! (01.26.04)
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Greetings!

The Vital Progress Summit is taking shape.  In order to 
get you warmed up for the Summit, we are including a 
preliminary reading list for your convenience.

Soaking up some relevant information will enrich your 
participation in the Summit and will help us all 
approach the topic from a well-informed perspective.  
We have hunted down a wide range of writings on 
Summit themes. Here we offer a few directly relevant 
and substantial references to give you an excellent 
starting point to tackle the theme of the Summit.

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Preliminary reading list; links to updated Web pages on the VP Summit
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* Why Get Involved in the VP Summit?
* Preliminary Reading List
* Keynote Ronald Bailey's article - a must read!

* Who are the VP Summit Catalysts and Associate Producers?


Why Get Involved in the VP Summit?
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You, our members, have told us that you want to get 
involved.  You want to do something meaningful.  Now 
is your chance!

The <STRONG>VP Summit</STRONG> boils down to 2 
substantial issues:  Freedom and Choice.  We need to 
protect our freedom and our choices for our future.

What type of assurance do we have that, if and when 
we need good medicine to save our lives, or prolong 
our  lives, the scientific and biotechnological 
advances will be available to us?

We need to plan ahead - to start now making sure 
that we do have an "assurance policy" for our future.

Read about the VP Summit here ... >> http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=6uifvyn6.rmatvyn6.d8kopyn6.yb4rxun6.2058&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.extropy.org%2Fsummitabout.htm

Preliminary Reading List
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These essays take widely varying viewpoints on the 
issues addressed by the VP Summit. Best's article is 
from the Biotechnology Industry Organization, Kass and 
Hurlbut's essays come from a publication deeply 
opposed to what we stand for, and Kazman's piece 
addresses the Precautionary Principle from a far more 
technology-friendly point of view. <P>

<STRONG>Bioethics: <BR>
Reassuring a Not-So-Brave New World</STRONG>
<BR>by Simon G. Best <BR>
http://www.bio.org/features/20040121.asp?p=yes

<P>
Simon G. Best is CEO of Ardana Bioscience Ltd. and 
chairman of BIO's Bioethics Committee

<STRONG>Ageless Bodies, Happy Souls: Biotechnology 
and the 
Pursuit of Perfection</STRONG> <BR>
Leon R. Kass <BR>
<I>The New Atlantis</I>
http://www.thenewatlantis.com/archive/1/kassprint.htm

<STRONG>From Biology to Biography</STRONG><BR>
William Hurlbut
<BR><I>The New Atlantis</I> <BR>
http://www.thenewatlantis.com/archive/3/hurlbutprint.h
tm

<STRONG>Better Never? </STRONG><BR>
By Sam Kazman<BR>
The Objectivist Center, 12.01.2003 <BR>
http://www.objectivistcenter.org/articles/skazman_bett
er-never.asp
<P>
The Precautionary Principle is the idea that society 
should permit no new technologies to be developed 
without the certainty that they will cause no 
environmental harm. But to stop technologies in their 
infancy may well mean stopping them dead. And given 
that so much of human survival and flourishing depends 
on new technologies, stopping technology means 
curtailing civilization.

Summit Keynotes >> http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=6uifvyn6.rmatvyn6.rpnipyn6.yb4rxun6.2058&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.extropy.org%2Fsummitkeynotes.htm

Keynote Ronald Bailey's article - a must read!
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<STRONG>Loving Death: Early death, disease, 
disability: pro or con?</STRONG> <BR>
By Ronald Bailey <BR>
Reason, February 26, 2003 <BR>
http://www.reason.com/rb/rb022603.shtml

Loving Death >> http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=6uifvyn6.rmatvyn6.yxdsvyn6.yb4rxun6.2058&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reason.com%2Frb%2Frb022603.shtml





Who are the VP Summit Catalysts and Associate Producers?
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In our next newsletter, scheduled for this coming 
weekend, we will announce the Summit Catalysts and 
Associate Producers.

A little about all levels of participation... >> http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=6uifvyn6.rmatvyn6.rpnipyn6.yb4rxun6.2058&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.extropy.org%2Fsummitkeynotes.htm

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Quick Links...
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Register Now for the VP Summit >> http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=6uifvyn6.rmatvyn6.xxdsvyn6.yb4rxun6.2058&p=http%3A%2F%2Fnew.extropy.org%2Fmembership.htm
Who are the Summit Keynotes? >> http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=6uifvyn6.rmatvyn6.rpnipyn6.yb4rxun6.2058&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.extropy.org%2Fsummitkeynotes.htm
Tell me about the Summit! >> http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=6uifvyn6.rmatvyn6.d8kopyn6.yb4rxun6.2058&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.extropy.org%2Fsummitabout.htm
How do I join ExI? >> http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=6uifvyn6.rmatvyn6.hozkwwn6.yb4rxun6.2058&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.extropy.org%2Fmembership.htm
What about email lists? >> http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=6uifvyn6.rmatvyn6.lozkwwn6.yb4rxun6.2058&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.extropy.org%2Femaillists.htm

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