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At 05:35 AM 12/7/2005, Tyler wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Brandon Reinhart wrote:<br>
> <br>
> It seems to me that transhumanist community is in a sorry state.
When <br>
> I look at sites that are well known to transhumanists, I see very
low <br>
> rates of participation and conversion.<br>
> <br>
> Some thoughts on possible changes, improvements, and
mistakes:<br><br>
Suggestions are welcomed, sure, but they have greater weight when
the<br>
suggester says what *they* are doing, and what they have
done.</blockquote><br>
I'm sorry - I'm not good at proofing. Let me restate:<br><br>
I pretty much agree with what everyone has said so far. There are
so many forums that the community has become dissipated in overlapping
directions. What is amiss is a planned design, or architecture for
multiple directions for transhumanism's growth. Also, rather than
accepting diversity within transhumanism, transhumanists had, from seven
years ago up until very recently, been pitting one sub-transhumanist
group against another. What I envision is a reuniting of the
community in working together to achieve a vision for all of
transhumanity and separate goals.<br><br>
For example, rather than one political group against another, why not
agree that certain polices must be achieved in order to realize
transhumanism's future. No one political group can achieve this on
its own because the world is not dependent on one political theory. Thus,
there must be an agreement between diverse viewpoints that, in the end,
support transhumanism. This will be a mature, intelligent and
timely move and one that I would like to see happen.<br><br>
Another example is the varied membership organizations. There are
so many membership organizations asking for money and support that it
becomes a toss up as to which group to give money to and when that money
is most needed for the organize to move forward and realize its own
mission. Instead of so many hands in the money pot, there ought to be a
team-spirited approach to helping each other move along in the unique and
desired direction of each organization. This would require not
repeating the very same work that another organization has already done
and is striving to achieve. I see this as being a major problem of
transhumanism. Leaders need to work together on the Big picture of
transhumanism. <br><br>
What is a good leader? A good leader is comprised of a strong sense
of will and a humility. Most people think of leaders as being
charismatic and "in their face" types of people. However
this is a misnomer. A good leader is not based on Hollywood's
standards for who speaks the loudest. If you look at the good leaders
over time, it becomes evident that they have two seemingly conflicting
characteristics will and humility. We also need great
managers. People who see the vision of transhumanism and help to
get people excited.<br><br>
What we need right now is a refreshing of transhumanism. If you
would like to look at my talk at the TransVision 2005 conference, I tried
to address this. I'm not sure how well I achieved this, but at
least I am continuing to work on it. Click on the image that says
Transhumanism 2.0 at
<a href="http://www.natasha.cc/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.natasha.cc<br><br>
</a>The good news is that we can change our direction at any time and
plan what we would like to see happen and make it so through progress and
action.<br><br>
ProAct!<br>
Natasha<br><br><x-sigsep><p></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 <br>
<dd>Future Studies, University of Houston
<dd>President, <a href="http://www.extropy.org/">Extropy Institute</a>
<dd>Member, <a href="http://www.profuturists.com/">Association of
Professional Futurists</a>
<dd>Founder, <a href="http://www.transhumanist.biz/">Transhumanist Arts
& Culture</a>
<dd>Honorary Vice-Chair, <a href="http://transhumanism.org/">World
Transhumanist Association</a>
<dd>Senior Associate, <a href="http://foresight.org/">Foresight
Institute</a>
<dd>Advisor, <a href="http://alcor.org/">Alcor Life Extension
Foundation</a><br><br>
</font>
<dd><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><i>If you draw a circle in the
sand and study only what's inside the circle, then that is a
closed-system perspective. If you study what is inside the circle and
everything outside the circle, then that is an open system perspective.
</i>
<dd>Buckminster Fuller<br>
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