[ExI] The Manifesto of Italian Transhumanists

[Stefano Vaj]

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 5:38 PM, Amara Graps <amara at amara.com> wrote:

> Thank you for these examples. It's quite a list. These are the
> challenges of yours and AITs and the Italian transhumanists wouldn't you
> say?


Yes, I would say so.

For example, media.
>
> After Berlusconi is re-elected next month as Italy's prime minister, to
> distribute accurate information (media) and change Italy's current media
> laws, who do you think will win, a comedian-activist or one of the
> richest men in the world?
>
> Your other examples (which depend on education, pure research funding,
> political agendas, the Vatican's influence in Italy's politics) have
> similar (IMO insurmountable) challenges.
>

Why, as they say, "the biggest the challenge..." :-)

And after all, as in the quote of William of Orange (my translation),
"optimism is not required for trying, nor success for persisting".

Stefano Vaj
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