[extropy-chat] VP Summit - Press Release - Comments Please!

[natashavita at earthlink.net]

From: Jef Allbright wrote:

>The initiative and the effort are good.  The wording and focus need some
>polishing.  An expert wordsmith will be able to emphasize the importance of
>the key issues and the value of ExI while avoiding some of the inflammatory
>rhetoric that would tend to alienate those who are currently neutral or
>unaware of these issues.

Okay.  Good suggestions!

Thanks Jef,

Natasha


natashavita at earthlink.net wrote:
> Extropes and other Trans:  Please check out the press release and
> give me your feedback!
>
> Thanks,
> Natasha
> _______________________________________________________________
>
> PRESS RELEASE DATE: JANUARY 30, 2004
> CONTACT: info at extropy.org
> www.extropy.org
> 512.263.2749 U.S.
>
> BIOETHICS COUNCIL IS BEING QUESTIONED BY FUTURISTS WHO ENCOURAGE
> CRITICAL THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE
>
> Innovator Extropy Institute Sponsors Vital Progress "VP" Summit To
> Address Human Rights for the Future
>
> AUSTIN, TX January 30, 2004 - The Vital Progress "VP" Summit announces
> today that it plans to deliver a written statement titled
> "ProActionary Statement" to counter President Bush's Bioethics
> Council's _Beyond Therapy_ report, and the use of the Precautionary
> Principle as a rallying tool to turn people against the science,
> medicine and biotechnology that could cure disease and improve life.
> The forces of negative reaction to progress are surging and we need
> to respond now.  Extropy Institute encourages critical thinking about
> the ideas, sciences, and technologies that will help people, our
> society, and the world.
>
> Extropy Institute has made a name for itself as an intellectual
> networking, educational organization, helping others to learn about
> long range planning and world change, while showing scholarship in
> joining together the ideas of philosophy, technology and culture.
>
> The "Vital Progress "VP" Summit, sponsored by Extropy Institute, will
> address the need for objective forward thinking in responding to
> fear-mongers of the progress science, technology and biotechnology.
>
> VITAL PROGRESS "VP" Summit: The on-line Summit will take place
> February 15 - 29, 2004 on the Internet. Keynote participants will
> author statements, Catalyst Participants will discuss and debate the
> statements as well as author their own comments, and all other
> View-and-Do participants will contribute their ideas in a parallel
> format.  Extropy Institute's goal is to develop a positive approach
> in providing a responsible viewpoint of how progress can succeed with
> critical analysis and careful assessment.
>
> SUMMIT DELIVERABLES: The Vital Progress Summit aims to achieve real,
> practical results.  These will come in stages as the project
> progresses, but early deliverables expected from the February summit
> include a pithy response to the Precautionary Principle, a policy and
> values statement to counter Beyond Therapy, and a comprehensive
> collection of links to pro-advancement groups, journalists,
> publications, and educational groups. We plan to develop school and
> college course materials to be used in bioethics and humanities
> curriculum.
>
> SUMMIT DATES: February 15 - 29th on the Internet at
> http://www.extropy.org REGISTRATION: $15.00 donation toward
> developing deliverables of the VP Summit.
>
>
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