[ExI] The Immortality Institute is planning to change their name to "Longecity"

[John Grigg]

I wrote:
>if the Extropy Institute is reinstituted they will call themselves X'ers!

David Lubkin replied:
Surely X-Men...

Of course that would make Max Dr. Xavier, which he might not
appreciate.
>>>

David, you must not know Max all that well, because he is a huge comic
book fan, and so I bet he would love to be Professor Xavier!  ; )
Well, he might actually prefer being Magneto...

Darren Greer wrote:
You wanna dramatically increase membership, go with Sextropy. The
message might get watered down a bit though.
>>>

If I had the website design skills, I would do a parody porn (at a
PG-13 level) site called Sextropians.com!  It would have a "Ask
Anders" column where our favorite Swedish academic would answer
people's difficult sex questions.  ; )  And it would also have playful
spoofs of 70's porn starring our Spike as a studly motorcycle outlaw
who sports a big mustache as he romances swimsuit models, flight
attendants, waitresses, librarians, astronauts, entomologists
(specializing in bees), and motorcycle engineers!

Giulio wrote:
If they think having the word "immortality" in their current title is
a bad idea in terms of social acceptance, I suggest "Get Sick and Die
Soon" as a new name.
>>>

What about "Get Enhanced and Live Much Longer" as the new name?  Or
they might even go with the "Elixir of Life Institute!" lol

John  : )


On 12/10/10, Giulio Prisco <giulio at gmail.com> wrote:
> If they think having the word "immortality" in their current title is
> a bad idea in terms of social acceptance, I suggest "Get Sick and Die
> Soon" as a new name.
>
> On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 12:23 PM, John Grigg
> <possiblepaths2050 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The Immortality Institute board of directors have proposed changing
>> the name of the organization to "Longecity."  This is a merging of
>> longevity with city.
>>
>> I realize having the word "immortality" in their current title is a
>> bad idea in terms of social acceptance, but I think they have chosen
>> the wrong name as a replacement.  I have suggested they change it to
>> the short and simple "Longevity."
>>
>> The World Transhumanist Association now calls itself H+, the
>> Immortality Institute will be getting a new name, and so I suppose if
>> the Extropy Institute is reinstituted they will call themselves X'ers!
>>  ; )
>>
>> http://www.imminst.org/forum/topic/45485-articlelongecity/
>>
>> John
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