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<DIV>Dan has suggested that politics has no role on this list and that it should
be moved to it's own list. I disagree. Transhumanism is not going to happen on
it's own, we have to make it happen. Politics determines policy and policy has a
huge role in determining whether or not I will live or die. All of the possible
technology of the future won't help if it is illegal to develop that technology.
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<DIV>I submit that the the "golden days" of the list were golden because
the future was further away. As the future nears, politics will become more
important. When the future is here, there will be no discussion of the future,
only the politics of the present. We can't see past the singularity, but we are
getting closer and even the list feels it's presence drawing near. </DIV>
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<DIV>If things were the same as before, it would indicate that we were stagnant.
Instead, we see a gradual shift from future speculation to politics. This is as
it should be. </DIV>
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<DIV>Kevin Freels</DIV>
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