[ExI] I have resigned from the IEET Board of Directors

[Sherry Knepper]

The right doesnt want to do much of anything to push forth technology and the left isn't enough either.  I know they cant help yet but hopefully it will grow....I am a member of the US Transhumanist Party.  I know some who want to see this party in power are trying to infiltrate, and the ones I know of have gone left.  

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  On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 1:00 AM, Giulio Prisco via extropy-chat<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:   Thanks Max. Your guess is probably right.
G.

On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 4:07 AM Max More via extropy-chat
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>
> I'm sure I know what decision by IEET you're talking about, Giulio. Well done in resigning from their board.
>
> --Max
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> From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> on behalf of Giulio Prisco via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2021 11:18 PM
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> Cc: Giulio Prisco <giulio at gmail.com>
> Subject: [ExI] I have resigned from the IEET Board of Directors
>
> I have resigned from the IEET Board of Directors
> https://giulioprisco.com/i-have-resigned-from-the-ieet-board-of-directors-793d10a10a8a
>
> I have resigned from the Board of Directors of the Institute for
> Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET).
>
> I have resigned in protest against a recent decision, which hasn’t
> been publicly announced yet.
>
> Like much of today’s liberal left, the IEET has embraced certain
> currently fashionable but dangerously toxic trends.
>
> Identity politics, #MeToo, cancel culture… These trends start with
> good sentiments, but become toxic and dangerous when pushed to
> unreasonable and often ridiculous extremes.
>
> The excesses of some extremists, which are tolerated if not encouraged
> by the mainstream left, are pushing more and more moderates (both
> moderate conservatives and moderate liberals) toward the extreme
> right.
>
> The likely results of this can only harm women and disadvantaged
> minorities in the long run. But some people are more interested in
> pointless virtue signaling than in actual outcomes.
>
> I’m sure many of the reasonable liberals who choose to tolerate this
> without speaking up have the heart in the right place. But not the
> brain.
>
> I don’t talk much about these things, and I try to ignore related
> discussions on social media. Not only because I have better things to
> do, but also because I don’t want to contribute to mass hysteria.
>
> Read my last book “Futurist spaceflight meditations” if you are
> curious about my take on current politics and culture wars.
>
> While in this post I have condemned some toxic aspects of the liberal
> left, I’m perfectly aware that the conservative right has its own
> toxic aspects, which too many reasonable conservatives choose to
> tolerate.
>
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