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At 10:00 AM 5/4/2006, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">At 12:38 PM 5/4/2006 +0200, you
wrote:<br>
>Hal Finney:<br>
> >My main concern during this time of transition is that the
history<br>
> >of Extropy be preserved and not forgotten. Because of the
extreme<br>
> >unacceptability of transhumanist ideas in the early days (hard
to remember<br>
> >today), the original extropians mailing list had a policy of
quasi-secrecy<br>
> >with regard to list archives.<br>
><br>
>It's not hard for me to remember today, because alot of it is
still<br>
>true. Many of those discussions could today still jeopardize
contracts,<br>
>careers and personal lives. I wish to remember those discussions
in<br>
>our private living rooms, not in a public Internet venue.<br>
><br>
>Amara<br><br>
Unfortunately due to factors ranging from disk crashes to becoming a
<br>
refugee, not many of us can remember those long gone days. (I.e.,
read the <br>
postings--brain memory just leaks out and is gone.)<br><br>
Shame too, because there was history made on that list.
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We want to preserve that history and that it was made on this
list.<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">And some of it <br>
that diffused into the general net culture is just wrong and should be
<br>
corrected from the original source.</blockquote><br>
Can you elaborate more?<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
<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> <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>Buckminster Fuller<br>
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