[extropy-chat] "Cults such as the extropians see technology asunstoppable escalator to future prosperity, but ...."

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Anders Sandberg <asa at nada.kth.se> wrote:
> torsdagen den 11 mars 2004 00.21 wrote Technotranscendence:> >
> > > Cults such as the extropians see
> > > technology as the unstoppable
> > > escalator to future prosperity, but
> > > the rest of us are discovering that
> > > their utopian faith has caused
> > > graver problems than anyone
> > > expected.
> 
> Just to weigh in, doesn't claims that the transhumanist/extropian
> ultra-rich conspiracy is behind globalization undermine the author 
> quite nicely?
> No matter what people think about us, but that kind of reasoning
makes
> the article sound just like a paranoid rant. Had it been a
traditional
> and acceptable conspiracy like "the multinationals" it would have
been
> far more convincing to people. 

Now that you mention it, I've always wanted to be in on a worldwide
conspiracy. I'm still waiting for the check to arrive, though. Where's
my cut? ;)

=====
Mike Lorrey
Chairman, Free Town Land Development
"Live Free or Die, Death is not the Worst of Evils."
                                       - Gen. John Stark
Sado-Mikeyism: http://mikeysoft.zblogger.com

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