[extropy-chat] letter concerning presidential growth

[Eugen Leitl]

On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 07:48:51PM -0800, spike wrote:

> No.  A week of political posts will not destroy the 
> list, otherwise we would have destroyed ourselves a 
> hundred times over.  If people have something to say 

I would argue that we did. We suffered a hundred deaths
of thousand paper cuts. This list is but a husk of its
former self. We've killed it. We could as well throw
a funeral party. Wheee!

It is difficult to argue an alternative world that
never was, but I think I'm seeing it quite clearly.
And, yes, I infinitely prefer that to the reality we
landed in.

Arguably, the email medium is slowly dying, so there's
not much sense is changing the rules of stewardship.
Hoping that list would recover. It probably won't, even
with active intervention.

It was fun while it lasted. Thanks, everybody.

> that is not particularly extropian, say it this week
> then let it go.  We don't want this to be a primarily
> political list (too boring, not productive) but I see
> little harm (and some benefit) from suggesting a
> short well-defined time for a political free-for-all.
> 
> The war is weighing heavily on all of us.  True we
> could go elsewhere to discuss this important matter,
> but Harvey man, we have grown up together have we
> not?  You, me, a lot of us who have been hanging out
> on extropians for years, we are among friends here, 
> we are among people who understand us, people who 
> do not flee in panic when we start talking about having 
> our heads frozen.  This is where we want to have our
> discussions.  So let us have this one.  For a week,
> keep it civil, then let it go.

-- 
Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org
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