[extropy-chat] META: ExI List Quality & Future

[Natasha Vita-More]

At 06:08 PM 2/20/2006, Hal wrote:

>I applaud this concept.  This mailing list has been around in some
>form or another for, what, 15 years?   That is an eternity in net time.
>It is time for something new.

Thank you Hal.  And thank you for speaking words of wisdom.

>Extropy is about change.  It is not a philosophy of stagnation.  Yes,
>change can be scary.  It takes us out of our comfort zone and forces
>us to be mentally flexible and adaptable.  But such traits are, after
>all, an important part of Extropian philosophy.  We should always be on
>the lookout for ways to challenge comfortable old habits and to shake
>ourselves out of our ruts.
>
>The Exi-chat list is the deepest rut around, and it needs to die.
>Of course, it will fight back.  This is a new form of danger and risk
>that we face: domination by our memetic creations.  The list doesn't
>want to die.  It fights for life by activating its minions: you and me
>and all of the lurkers.  When people write about how they love the list
>and want to see it continue as it is, they are responding to memetic
>pressure from the list itself.
>
>You have to fight back.  Any time you have created something and it
>starts to control your life, think about whether you really want to be
>in thrall to your creation.  Often the best thing to do is to move on.
>Start something new.  It is all part of staying flexible and avoiding
>memetic domination.
>
>Hal
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<http://www.natasha.cc/>Natasha <http://www.natasha.cc/>Vita-More
Cultural Strategist - Designer
Future Studies, University of Houston
President, <http://www.extropy.org/>Extropy Institute
Member, <http://www.profuturists.com/>Association of Professional Futurists
Founder, <http://www.transhumanist.biz/>Transhumanist Arts & 
<http://www.transhumanist.biz/>Culture
Senior Associate, <http://foresight.org/>Foresight Institute
Advisor, <http://alcor.org/>Alcor Life Extension Foundation

If you draw a circle in the sand and study only what's inside the circle, 
then that is a closed-system perspective. If you study what is inside the 
circle and everything outside the circle, then that is an open system 
perspective.
Buckminster Fuller


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