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At 12:17 AM 8/3/2005, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">I've been lurking around the
chatroom for a while and was wondering if the question of emotional
maturity and aging has ever been debated on this list? If so
where? <br>
<br>
Specifically, I was wondering if 90 year old people, after they are
'regenerated' using MNT, would then have the emotional maturity of a 20
year old? (I use ta' think that 'emotional maturity' was pure
hubris spouted by the 40 something crowd, but now that I have reached the
turning-white-haired crowd, I am not so sure) Any
thoughts?</blockquote><br>
We have discussed "refined emotions" which includes emotional
maturity. But I like to think that 90 year olds would still have
light-hearted and juvenile fun. Here is something to look at if you
like
<a href="http://www.nesea.org/be05/N_Vita_More_txt.pdf" eudora="autourl">
http://www.nesea.org/be05/N_Vita_More_txt.pdf<br><br>
</a>Emotional maturity is one quantifier for intelligence:
"Emotional Age, like social age, compares emotional maturity with
chronological age. It asks the question; '<i>Does this person handle his
emotions as well as he should for his [her] age</i>?'"
<a href="http://www.betteryou.com/maturity.htm" eudora="autourl">
http://www.betteryou.com/maturity.htm<br><br>
</a>Daniel Goleman wrote <i>E<font size=2>motional Intelligence : Why It
Can Matter More Than IQ.
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0553375067/103-0783670-4847867?v=glance" eudora="autourl">
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0553375067/103-0783670-4847867?v=glance<br>
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</a></i></font>"There was a time when IQ was considered the leading
determinant of success. In this fascinating book, based on brain and
behavioral research, Daniel Goleman argues that our IQ-idolizing view of
intelligence is far too narrow. Instead, Goleman makes the case for
"emotional intelligence" being the strongest indicator of human
success. He defines emotional intelligence in terms of self-awareness,
altruism, personal motivation, empathy, and the ability to love and be
loved by friends, partners, and family members. People who possess high
emotional intelligence are the people who truly succeed in work as well
as play, building flourishing careers and lasting, meaningful
relationships. Because emotional intelligence isn't fixed at birth,
Goleman outlines how adults as well as parents of young children can sow
the seeds."<br><br>
At Extro 5 (which Spike mentioned), Max More's talk was
"<font size=2>Mind Morph: Technologically Refined Emotion and
Personality" </font>and that topic could have been on the list after
the conference. Mining the archives might pull this up.<br><br>
Refined emotions includes emotional maturity and suggests other elements
that would be compatible with developing a more extropic persona for
transhumans.<br><br>
<font size=2><i>Create recreate the future<br>
Flex the mind flex the body<br>
Relax.refresh.regenerate<br>
Ageless thinking<br>
Refined emotions<br><br></i><x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep>
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<dd><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><i>Knowledge is the most democratic source of power.</i> Alvin
Toffler
<dd><i>Random acts of kindness... </i>Anne Herbet<br><br>
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