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

[Giulio Prisco]

That's how it starts ;-) don't forget I am Italian!

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Michael LaTorra <mlatorra at gmail.com> wrote:
> Only *one* embarassing post of mine? ;)
>
> On Sep 30, 2014 8:45 AM, "Giulio Prisco" <giulio at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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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