[extropy-chat] Hendrik Van den Berg on living standards

[Technotranscendence]

Of note for Extropians and transhumanists is Hendrik Van den Berg's
essay.  I had a chance to read it in advance.  He argues for a new way
to measure living standards that might prove useful in the future.

Regards,

Dan
http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/MyWorksBySubject.html

From: "Chris Matthew Sciabarra" chris.sciabarra at nyu.edu
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 6:00 AM
Subject: [atlantis_II] New Issue: THE JOURNAL OF AYN RAND STUDIES


Volume 5, Number 2 of THE JOURNAL OF AYN RAND STUDIES has just been
published.   The issue features the following contributions:

The Magnificent Progress Achieved by Capitalism:
Is the Evidence Incontrovertible?
By Hendrik Van den Berg

Universals and Measurement
By Stephen Boydstun

Art as Microcosm
By Roger E. Bissell

Ayn Rand in the Scholarly Literature IV:
Ayn Rand in England
By Nicholas Dykes

An Economist Reads Philosophy:
Review of Leland Yeager's book, ETHICS AS SOCIAL SCIENCE
By William Thomas

Capitalism and Virtue:
Review of Dinesh D'Souza's book, THE VIRTUE OF PROSPERITY
By Will Wilkinson

A Direct Realist's Challenge to Skepticism:
Review of Michael Huemer's book, SKEPTICISM AND THE VEIL OF PERCEPTION
By Ari Armstrong

Discussion
Reply to Huemer:  Egoism and Predatory Behavior
By Michael Young

Rejoinder to Young:  Egoism and Prudent Predation
By Michael Huemer

Objectivism:  On Stage and Self Destructive:
Review of Sky Gilbert's play, THE EMOTIONALISTS
By Karen Michalson

Reply to Michalson:
Rand as Guru:  Will it Never End?
By Sky Gilbert

Rejoinder to Gilbert:
Rand as What?
By Karen Michalson

For article abstracts, click here:
http://www.aynrandstudies.com/jars/v5_n2/5_2toc.asp

For contributor biographies, click here:
http://www.aynrandstudies.com/jars/v5_n2/5_2bio.asp

For information on subscriptions, click here:
http://www.aynrandstudies.com/jars/subscribForm.asp

Look for Volume 6 in 2004-2005 --- Two Special Symposium Issues in Honor
of  the Ayn Rand Centenary:  the first dealing with Ayn Rand's Cultural
& Literary Impact, the second dealing with "Ayn Rand Among the
Austrians."
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