[ExI] The entropy of Extropy-Chat

[Mike Dougherty]

2010/3/1 John Clark <jonkc at bellsouth.net>:
> On Mon, Mar 1,  BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The main difference with the old Extropy list is that everybody got older.
>
> Getting older really sucks, but it beats the alternative. I've been on this
> list for 15 years but I'm far from one of the original members. From day 1
> 15 years ago when I was the resident newbe I've been hearing about how much
> better the list was back in the good old days. It's like a ninety year old
> man telling us how much happier people were during the Great Depression;
> well I can easily believe that you personally were happier, back then you
> were a lusty teenager now you're a decrepit old man.

Thanks for providing the segue into what I was feeling about this
thread.  So the good old days of X, Y, Z notables are in offline
archives.  So you're bored of the current commentary.  Restoring
topics from a decade ago won't make the list any better than retelling
classic movies improves the story.  I would rather hear NEW ideas.
Oh.. but those are comparatively rare these days, right?  ... because
all the good ideas have already been thought?   I say no, that's
intellectual laziness.  This meta thread may be a good "wake up call"
- but if we want to see higher quality posts, then we need to act.

btw, Good call on the suggestion to keep posts short and direct.