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<DIV>Oops, I should have read all of my email before I asked my question!</DIV>
<DIV>Gina<BR></DIV>
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<A title=natasha@natasha.cc href="mailto:natasha@natasha.cc">Natasha
Vita-More</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pharos@gmail.com
href="mailto:pharos@gmail.com">BillK</A> ; <A
title=extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org
href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">ExI chat list</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 04, 2005 10:54
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [extropy-chat] NEWS: Le
Magazine De L'Optimum - Natasha</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>At 12:39 PM 7/4/2005, BillK wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">On 7/4/05, Natasha Vita-More
wrote:<BR>> The French glossy culture/style magazine, "Le Magazine
De L'Optimum" covers<BR>> my latest ideas and designs in its "Techno -
Multimedias" section, page 56.<BR>> <BR><BR>Apparently not available
online. :(</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Yes, I know. <BR><BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">But during my searching I found
you credited in a French interview<BR>dated 23.06.2005 with Daniel Ichbiah,
author of Robots: Genesis of<BR>artificial people.<BR><BR><<A
href="http://www.vieartificielle.com/nouvelle/?id_nouvelle=929"
eudora="autourl">
http://www.vieartificielle.com/nouvelle/?id_nouvelle=929</A>><BR><BR>Translation
of the appropriate paragraph (Google + me):<BR><BR>During the preparation of
this book, which meeting, human or<BR>robot-like, had the biggest effect on
you?<BR><BR>Philippe Druillet, whom I had interviewed at the time of the
release<BR>of the video game The Ring 2 agreed to meet me for The Robots and
he<BR>gave me a brilliant analysis of the phenomenon. I also liked
the<BR>interview Brian Carlisle of Adept Technology gave me because it
had<BR>the straightforward direct approach of an engineer who knows
his<BR>business well. For a very different point of view, I found
that<BR>Natasha Vita-More, who supports the good foundation of
bionics,<BR>superbly defended her viewpoint, and I say this with all the
more<BR>intensity because my position was very skeptical in this area.
...</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>How lovely to read this. Thank
you!<BR><BR>Natasha<BR><BR><X-SIGSEP>
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<DD><FONT size=2><A href="http://www.natasha.cc/">Natasha </A><A
href="http://www.natasha.cc/">Vita-More</A>
<DD>Cultural Strategist, Designer
<DD>Studies of the Future, University of Houston
<DD>President, <A href="http://www.extropy.org/">Extropy Institute</A>
<DD>Founder, <A href="http://www.transhumanist.biz/">Transhumanist Arts
& Culture</A> <BR><BR></FONT>
<DD><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times"><I>Knowledge is the most democratic
source of power.</I> Alvin Toffler
<DD><I>Random acts of kindness... </I>Anne Herbet<BR><BR></FONT></DD></DL>
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