[extropy-chat] Fwd: SURVIVAL: An impulse behind transhumanism?

[Jef Allbright]

On 6/28/06, P.J. Manney & E. Gruendemann <atomictiki at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> First of all, we have to define "survival."  One would say the enviromental
> movement, post "Silent Spring," the big blue marble and Earth Day, etc. is
> an obvious "survival movement."
>
> Less obvious, we could redefine "survival" in socioeconomic terms and end up
> with Marxism/Socialism as a "survival movement."  Or if survival is defined
> in cultural terms, the indigenous movements of post-colonial indigenous
> peoples, like the Aborigines, Maoris, Native Americans, etc.

We could take this to a more encompassing level with recognition that
intentional actions (such as acting in a movement) are always taken
for the purpose of promoting some agency's *values*  into the future.
Individual and group survival are examples of such values, but often
subordinate to what are considered the "greater" causes of a movement.

- Jef