[extropy-chat] Berlusconi Forever - unexpected political ally

[Giu1i0 Pri5c0]

This interesting article on the leading Italian daily newspaper
"Repubblica" hints at extropian influences on... Italian Prime
Minister Silvio Berlusconi!
http://www.repubblica.it/2005/a/sezioni/politica/dibacdldue/chioma/chioma.html
See also http://www.estropico.com/index.htm for more commentaries in Italian.
The tone of the article, mainly dedicated to Berlusconi's fight with
hair loss, is ironic and definitely not pro-transhumanist, but as they
say bad press is better than no press, and I am sure the article will
bring visitors to the estropico site. Who knows, some visitors may
actually read and consider the content.
Translating some bits:
We wonder if President Berlusconi, post-modern Faust, knows what is
"extropy", a school of thought which places individual well-being
above all types of transcendence, and studies the impact of technology
on organic functions with the objective to extend life and even defy
the inevitability of death. Many theoretical tenets of the extropian
movement (see www.estropico.com) seem to inspire Berlusconi's values,
beliefs, attitude and even language... Much more than hair
transplants: by studying Methuselah-mouses and self-freezing frogs,
this science-fiction community animated by Egyptian suggestions and
technological dreams promotes hybernation, or cryonics if you like.