[ExI] shining example and COVID-19 (John Clark)

[William Flynn Wallace]

On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 3:50 PM SR Ballard via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> As someone with an “extremely abrasive” personality, I would love to snap
> my fingers and be able to change my personality.
>
> This will be available to you as soon as you are uploaded.  bill w
>
>
> On Mar 23, 2020, at 2:34 PM, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> Like everything else involving humans, the Extropian viewpoint needs
> to be considered in the light of evolutionary psychology.  What do we
> want?  Why do we want it?  Questions, I think, that require
> evolutionary psychology to answer.
>
> Keith
>
> When I joined this group one of my main reasons was to get some input
> relating to psychology.  In particular:  just what changes in humans did we
> want?  Increase IQ, bolster immune system, etc.  Change our personalities?
> I got nowhere.  I don't recall one person who replied to that post.  I was
> flabbergasted and dumbfounded. Still am.  Always open to discuss that topic
> at any length.
>
> For instance:  should we be shorter?  Thinner?  More introverted?
>
> bill w
>
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 12:27 PM Keith Henson via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Mar 23, 2020, at 9:28 AM John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Mon, Mar 23, 2020, at 1:52 AM Keith Henson via extropy-chat <
>> > extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > *> What's amusing is that I made a post that was *much* more politically
>> > > incorrect and it generated no followup comments at all. *
>> >
>> > Yeah I noticed that too. You must have a diplomacy gene that I lack or I
>> > have an abrasive gene that you lack.
>>
>> Or, as I mentioned, they don't grok.
>>
>> Like everything else involving humans, the Extropian viewpoint needs
>> to be considered in the light of evolutionary psychology.  What do we
>> want?  Why do we want it?  Questions, I think, that require
>> evolutionary psychology to answer.
>>
>> Keith
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