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

[Kevin Freels]

Looks super! I had a few suggestions, but I see that they have all been
covered. My vote is for the removal of  the word "Innovator". :-)


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


> 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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