<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Dirk Bruere <dirk@neopax.com></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">nvitamore@austin.rr.com wrote:<BR><BR>>Hi Dirk and everyone,<BR>><BR>>Just got back in town and saw this post. <BR>><BR>>First, ExI is not a Libertarian organization. Second, WTA is not trying to<BR>>damage ExI by making it mainstream. Third ExI is a global meme, and we do<BR>>not need to have the word World in front of ExI. This world has been a<BR>>real albatross for WTA because it is not an umbrella organization. It is<BR>> <BR>><BR>It just appears as one to reporters etc.<BR><BR>>quite the same as ExI in that it is world-wide and ExI holds the role of<BR>>developing the ideas of transhumanism. This should be a known fact. WTA<BR>>does not need to compete with WTA, so let us move beyond this meme.<BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>I would say that it *does* compete - certainly for influence, and <BR>probably for funding.<BR>And the fact that it
*appears* to be an umbrella org is certainly <BR>relevent when opinion formers wish to get more info on Transhumanism.<BR>Type in 'transhumanism to google and see who comes up first. In fact, <BR>ExI does not appear in the top 20 listings from google, it's No. 21. If <BR>I knew nothing of our little world I would think the WTA is the main <BR>body and ExI a mere 'faction'.<BR><BR>>WTA might be doing the wrong thing by trying to make transhumanism a<BR>>socialist ideology, but this does not compromise ExI. ExI is supportive of<BR>> <BR>><BR>Really? I suspect that if you asked the WTA (Hughes) would not claim <BR>that the WTA promotes a 'socialist ideology' - at least, no more than <BR>ExI promotes a libertarian ideology.<BR><BR>>a transpolitical viewpoint, inclusive of the ideas and policies that help<BR>>assist in the realization of our goals. We do not align ourselves with any<BR>>political organization, party or belief. <BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>Neither
does the WTA<BR><BR>-- <BR>Dirk<BR><BR>The Consensus:-<BR>The political party for the new millenium<BR>http://www.theconsensus.org<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>extropy-chat mailing list<BR>extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org<BR>http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo/extropy-chat<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><p>
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