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At 10:28 AM 2/17/2006, Jef wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">For several months I've been
struggling with the realization that a<br>
significant portion of my available time is spent reading emails
which<br>
have been providing far less than 1% payoff in terms of new or
refined<br>
understanding. While I feel a strong attachment to the ExI list,
and<br>
I have a deep philosophical appreciation of what is being pointed at<br>
by Max's Principles of Extropy, I have to face the fact that for me,<br>
participation in this list has become predominately
entropic.</blockquote><br>
I see Jef's post as a call to action!<br><br>
We will miss you Jef!<br><br>
Natasha<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">On 2/17/06, Natasha Vita-More
<natasha@natasha.cc> wrote:<br>
> List members:<br>
><br>
> Please take posts on these topics off list. Too many list
[find]members these<br>
> topics annoying and abusive to the level of intelligence and
emotional<br>
> well-being of extropy and transhumanists who strive to create a
better<br>
> future for humanity.<br>
><br>
> Thank you for paying attention to and adding to the quality of
this list<br>
> and thinking before your post.<br>
><br><br>
Classic.<br><br>
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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>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>
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<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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