[extropy-chat] Extropy: "Best of the List"

[Dirk Bruere]

Hal Finney wrote:

>As I recall, in the early years of the Extropians list we had a rather
>restrictive republication policy.  Authors were promised that their works
>would have only limited distribution and would not be published elsewhere.
>
>In retrospect I think this was a mistake, it would have been better to
>treat postings as being for public distribution.  I don't think it would
>have really inhibited discussion.  But the net of the early 90s was not
>the same as today, the ideas were far more controversial and "crazy",
>so it is perhaps understandable that the list was trying to create a
>private coccoon for free discussion.
>
>
>  
>
You mean before Political Correctness strangled free and open discussion.

-- 
Dirk

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