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Friends - transhumanists and other futurists,<br><br>
Many of us are members of WTA and care about its success. While we
have not always had smooth sailing with WTA due to the lack of
credit given to transhumanism's philosophical author Max More, the
erroneous political positioning ExI, and the lack of acknowledgement and
respect of ExI as being the spearheading transhumanist organization who
introduced transhumanism to the world; putting all this aside, we need to
be supportive for a positive resolve to the current problems within the
structure of WTA.<br><br>
WTA has made beneficial contributions to transhumanism over the past
years. James Hughes has worked hard along with Nick Bostrom and
other Directors of WTA. Our goals for the future need the support
and joint efforts of organizations such as WTA. It has always been
my hope that WTA would be a complimentary and collaborative organization
of ExI and that we could work together to create the future.
I still hold onto this hope. It is also my hope that we can develop
a game plan where all transhumanist organizations have a place and that
we get smart about working together more efficiently, effectively and
successfully. As such, the stakes are high and so are the
returns.<br><br>
Today, WTA is undergoing difficulties between some of its Board members
which affects the upcoming TV05 conference in Venezuela. The
dispute is between the conference Chair Jose Cordeiro and WTA's Executive
Director James Hughes.<br><br>
Rather than fuel the fire of this current problem, let us try to
encourage peace between them and a fair and equitable resolution to the
problems.<br><br>
If you have any concerns or questions, please feel free to discussion
them openly or privately, but please let us work toward resolution and do
our very best to set an example of how society, in all its differences,
can manage to be iron out the kinks.<br><br>
Our little corner of the world is a nano-scale society full of people
with similar values and dreams about a future that we can thrive
in. If we cannot resolve our conflicts here, how can we expect to
set an example and teach the rest of the world about a future full of
potential for humanity and transhumanity.<br><br>
Let's give our support to TV05 and BE THERE to move transhumanism
forward into the future.<br><br>
My best to all,<br><br>
Natasha<x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep>
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<dd><font size=2 color="#808080">Natasha Vita-More
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<dd>President, Extropy Institute
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http://www.extropy.org</a>
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<dd><font size=2 color="#808080">Founder, Transhumanist Arts &
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</dl><font color="#808080"><i>Knowledge is the most democratic source of
power.</i> Alvin Toffler<br>
<i>Random acts of kindness..." </i>Anne Herbet<br><br>
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