[extropy-chat] ANNOUNCE: Extropy Institute's Future

[Zero Powers]

It's been a while since I've posted to the list, although I have continually
monitored it for several years now.  I'm surprised and disheartened to hear
that ExI is no more, but I'm sure the Board must know what's best for the
institute and that gives me comfort.

In terms of memorable discussions, a few years back Mike Lorrey, I and
others engaged in a number of very thought provoking discussions/debates
concerning the inevitability and benefits of societal transparency.
Although the discussions eventually devolved to ad hominem attacks, I
believe that there was much of value in the ideas expressed in them.  I also
believe that with the continual evolution, use and acceptance of
surveillance technology (think cell phone cameras, traffic light cameras,
explosion of CCTV cameras, www.zabasearch.com, Google and its various
information gathering and sharing technologies, etc.) it is an issue which
will come to a head very soon.

So I'd like to see those threads which, together with early books on the
subject like David Brin's, largely framed the issues and trade-offs that
society will soon be forced to address, one way or another.

I'm very happy to hear that this list will remain in tact.  Health and
prosperity to you all.

Zero

(P.S. Sorry about the imcompete message sent earlier.  Typing too fast and
accidently hit the "send" button mid-stream.)

On 5/5/06, Max More <max at maxmore.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thank you for your words, Hal.
> >
> > As Natasha and Mitch have said, plans are afoot to preserve all the
> > public material -- in fact to make it more available than ever before.
> > As we work on this project, it would be very helpful to hear from List
> > subscribers (especially you long-timers): which do you think are the
> > best and most memorable discussions that have appeared on the List?
> > Which discussions or individual posts should be included in any
> > selection?
> >
> > Once the bulk of the existing material is online and searchable, we
> > would like to go further, using more advanced tools and perhaps making
> > the Extropy Library a repository that continues to build.
> >
> > Onward!
> >
> > Max
>
>
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