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

[Russell Wallace]

On 6/29/06, nvitamore at austin.rr.com <nvitamore at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Survival = the pursuit of staying alive.  This would include the ability
> to
> design solutions to overcome conflicts that threaten existence.
>
> Survivalist: "A person who anticipates potential disruption in the
> continuity of society and takes steps to survive in the resulting
> unpredictable situation. Some survivalists approach  historical incidents
> and actively prepare themselves with tools and information needed to
> handle
> repeats of those same events."  [Wikipedia]
>

Hey, then by that definition we're not all that far from survivalists. The
one big difference is that while people usually referred to by that term
worry about muggers and looters (against which one man with a rifle may
reasonably hope to defend himself), we concern ourselves with the greater
threats of Time and Entropy, against which only a concerted effort by
millions may hope to prevail.
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