[ExI] Input for article on "The Extropian Roots of Bitcoin"

[Giulio Prisco]

Mike I just found a very embarrassing old post of yours, send me one
bitcoin or else.... ;-)

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Michael LaTorra <mlatorra at gmail.com> wrote:
> The Extropy archives will indeed be a goldmine for future historians. And
> Eliezer was correct that the Internet is forever and we ought be careful
> what we post. When he was a teenager in Chicagoland and about to be kicked
> out of the nest by his parents, he posted some heartfelt, desperate
> pleadings. From his current perspective in Silicon Valley, hobnobbing with
> Peter Theil and ruling the roost at MIRI, those old postings might seem
> embarassing. But we ALL have similarly embarassing postings in our pasts. So
> let's each and all be charitable to one another.
>
> Best,
> Mike LaTorra
>
> On Sep 30, 2014 8:03 AM, "spike" <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> >... On Behalf Of Mike Dougherty
>> Subject: Re: [ExI] Input for article on "The Extropian Roots of Bitcoin"
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 4:57 AM, Giulio Prisco <giulio at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>... I am writing for a Bitcoin magazine and I want to write an article
>> >> on
>> > "The Extropian Roots of Bitcoin." ...
>>
>>
>> >...If the analogy is that Bitcoin's roots grew from Extropy's fertile
>> soil...
>>
>> I can imagine future historians will be mining the Extropy archives for
>> decades, marveling that it was one of the early meeting places for
>> future-minded hipsters.
>>
>> When Eliezer Yudkowsky was a teenager, he used to post a lot here.  A meme
>> he sometimes said which really astonish me for its insight was along the
>> lines of "Be careful what you post here, or anywhere.  The internet never
>> forgets."
>>
>> He was right.  I may someday regret some of the silliness I posted here,
>> particularly the comedy, that sex lamas business and the other stuff.  Or
>> not; I had fun with it then, and would probably laugh again if I read some
>> of the goofiness I posted here a long time ago when I was a mere child of
>> 30
>> years.
>>
>> Some of those wordplay storms were hilarious.  We don't do those anymore.
>> Remember when anyone would make any funny typo, and of course Damien
>> Broderick and I would jump on it, then sometimes Max and the other
>> infamous
>> punsters, and WOW that was great geek fun.
>>
>> spike
>>
>>
>>
>>
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