On 9/7/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Joseph Bloch</b> <<a href="mailto:transhumanist@goldenfuture.net">transhumanist@goldenfuture.net</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
And people wonder why Transhumanism and Extropy don't appeal to the<br>masses...<br></blockquote></div><br>What people? Are we supposed to be concerned about the masses? I really am not trying to be snarky (it's a natural skill) Seriously though, is this list supposed to be a place for like-minded Transhumanists and Extropians to discuss ideas amongst themselves - or is this a place to encourage "the masses" to understand the philosophy using sanitized language and small words? I do believe it is important to know the audience before attempting to deliver a point. If you were just throwing out a quip and I missed the tone, then "i get it now" - if not, can you direct me to another resource for the etiquette of this list? (ex: I don't remember a specific suggestion for top or bottom posting. My last post was top- out of habit. Unless there is a preference I usually try to bottom-post to lists so i remember to trim the quotation)
<br><br>To make a further comment about appealing to "the masses" - perhaps people would like it more if we renamed it iTranshumanism and iExtropy. Or you know, if the iPod is not the thing, maybe capitalize on how much people love plasma Television and make it Plasmahumanism, or maybe drop the redundant letters and just call it Xtropy. You know, people generally love gimmicky stuff like that :)
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