[ExI] to my fellow renaissance life forms

[John Grigg]

BillW wrote:
"Good post, Ben.  Let's start with obstacles:  speaking as a Libertarian,
just what freedoms do we need that we don't have?  My first thought is
scientific studies being hampered by government regulations (though I am
ignorant as to what these might be - I seem to recall that they eased up on
stem cell research)."

And what about crypto?


On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 8:26 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Good post, Ben.  Let's start with obstacles:  speaking as a Libertarian,
> just what freedoms do we need that we don't have?  My first thought is
> scientific studies being hampered by government regulations (though I am
> ignorant as to what these might be - I seem to recall that they eased up on
> stem cell research).   bill w
>
> On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 6:33 AM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> On 13/08/2021 19:10, billw wrote:
>>
>> Here's an open-ended question for you:  what do we need to do as
>> individuals (starting with improving yourself) and collectively to improve
>> our world and our country?  Yeah, I know -- it will take you ten thousand
>> words to do that, but can you just make a list and prioritize it?  bill w
>>
>>
>> It seems to me that the only things that are even theoretically capable
>> of resisting the current rising tide of dictatorial, oppressive and
>> power-hungry regimes (not to mention intolerance) are technology that can
>> empower individuals, combined with education.
>>
>> As far as what individual people can do to fight against a future dark
>> age, I reckon 1) educate yourself about what's going on in the world, and
>> 2) encourage others to do the same, and 3) adopt the technologies that tend
>> to empower users, and shun the ones that entrap and control them, and 4)
>> encourage others to do the same. Learning about, and using, Free and Open
>> software would be a good start, as well as learning about, and if possible,
>> contributing to, the Freedom to Tinker movement. Read cautionary tales such
>> as 1984, and learn to recognise the signs of governments taking them as
>> instruction manuals rather than grim warnings.
>>
>> I realise there are huge obstacles to some of these things. Maybe a good
>> first step would be 0) to try to figure out how to identify and overcome
>> those obstacles.
>>
>> Ben
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