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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Natasha,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><<<<<o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I don’t know about you, but I
see a lot of potential supper powerful turbo rocket sleds and more just coming
into view as that door closes. They are just sitting their waiting for
the first group of people that aren’t chained down by their primitive
boxed in thinking to recognize them, get on, take off, and make an ever more
huge profit while changing the world for the better!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Then Take Action!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>….<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Develop a fluid interconnected, immersive network of people who are
working on projects that are extropic and connect the dots.</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>>>>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Absolutely. Enabling all this is in a very powerfully productive
way is precisely the goal of the Canonizer.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><<<<<o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I had hoped that some of you would have taken the lead and carried
parts of the planks for a while. You all have ample opportunity,
especially when antagonism was so damaging to ExI. But when I saw that we all
allowed Wikipedia to manipulate transhumanism through the voice of a handful of
people who are not extropians, it was clear to me that you simply did not want
to get your hands dirty and expected Max or the reset of us to do it for you.<br>
<br>
This is precisely why "we" did not want to expect anything from
"others." <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>>>>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Yes, we should all be carrying these planks. I’ve very much
wanted to do more, but never really knew what needed to be done, or how to get
more involved let alone how to cast my own vote on what needed to be done and
so on.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I think the first thing we need is a good way to communicate to
everyone what everyone needs and wants. In other words what, precisely,
are these planks and which are the most critical and most important according
to everyone? We can develop an ExI Canonizer that shows everyone what true
Extropian Transhumanists “ET”s think and which ignores
other’s POV right? Knowing and developing this, and communicating
this to everyone (while being cognizant of all contrasting POV) is the first
step right?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I think that once everyone can more clearly see all of this in a way
that involves everyone, the real action will naturally follow, especially where
people are in true agreement, right?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>There are name spaces in the Canonizer where this kind of POV can now be
collected outside of the general POV encyclopedia name space. For example
there is the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>/organizations/canonizer/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>name space. This is where all the management of Canonizer LLC
will be performed, using the “Canonizer Canonizer” (when it is fully
developed and functioning) and so on to prioritize the POV and make all the
decisions. See (http://test.canonizer.com/topic.asp?topic_num=10)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>We can create a similar namespace like this:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>/organizations/ExI/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Where we can collaboratively develop, and in effect “vote”
on what is most important to ExI people and what work is most important to be
done for the Extropian cause.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>What are some of these “planks” for all of you that are
important things that we all think need to be done for ExI? Let’s
get some of these specified. And I think test.canonizer.com is a good
place to start. Even though we can’t yet “canonizer”
this POV data quite yet it can be entered in a structured POV wiki way.
The canonization process of such POV structure will soon be there.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>And of course, if any of you are interested in helping out with
development and debugging work of the Canonizer, that would get things done
much sooner so we can really start “canonizing” some of this structured
wiki POV in a productive way. And as is described in the Canonizer name
space topics, for each hour anyone spends working on Canonizer LLC development for
the time being people will get 1 share ownership of Canonizer LLC. (see http://test.canonizer.com/topic.asp?topic_num=4)
It is my POV that these shares will soon be of immense worth if the Canoizer is
truly the next big thing. And once we have some real revenue people will
get paid real money for this kind of work rather than further diluting the
number of shares and so on. So get them now as this 1 share of Canonizer
LLC per hour offer will not last.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>And of course all content contributors (see http://test.canonizer.com/topic.asp?topic_num=3)
will be earning not only revenue from advertisements and things like
“delegated” support and influence, but we will be partitioning the
control of future Canonizer LLC budgets out to the people that contribute the
most to the Canonizer in justly earned ways and so on. In other words, I
believe some real significant financial capital could be leveraged through such
a process to accomplish many Extropian (and many other deserving) tasks –
as defined by people’s Canoized “POV”.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Keith Henson said:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><<<<<o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Of course the underlying motivation for virtually everything people do
is social status. It's an extremely uncomfortable subject to discuss, on
a par with masturbation and for the same reason. (Remember what Henry
Kissenger said.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>>>>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Status and Money! But mostly status right? And all of this
is what “Canonizers” (people contributing to the Canonizer) will be
getting a lot of. “Delegated Support” or votes is just the
start of how people will earn very powerfully influential “status”
with the Canonizer.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Imagine 2 years from know, Natasha has developed and earned a huge
“tree” of delegated support in the Canonizer (She has already
earned my delegated vote tree). Now imagine she walks into a new
restaurant where everyone clearly knows how much delegated “status”
she has. Do you think these restaurant people will be interested in
getting her huge tree of delegated support in the “camp” that
believes that restaurant is a great restaurant under the canonized topic of
“What is the best restaurant” closest to my current location?
Of course they will want to treat her as queen of the world in hopes of that
happening right? And deservedly so.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Is it written anywhere that people can’t get paid a lot of money
and earn lots of delegated influence and reputation… saving the world?
This is another small part of the “supper powerful turbo rocket
sled” I was talking about above.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>So, if you want to tell me which “planks” are most
important, I will try to enter those into the Canonizer. But of course I would
hope all of you would sign up and start entering some of this on your own while
telling us your POV about how to make the Canonizer better in the /organizations/canonizer/
name space pages.<i><span style='font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Eventually I want to have an easy way to “propose”
Canonizer submissions to related topic “Canonizer Forums” before
actually submitting them. But until all this gets fully developed, we can
always submit our proposals here and discuss them before we actually submit
them right?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Brent Allsop<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>P.S.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Notice, under the prototypical POV topic of God (the only one so far in
the general encyclopedia name space. See http://test.canonizer.com/topic.asp?topic_num=2),
I have added my own “POV” about God. It is under the Atheist
/ Traditional / Extropian POV statement. Do any of you true
“ET”s disagree with me calling this the “Extropian”
view of what God is (or really isn’t)? If so I can rename it to
something else. And would any of you be in this camp with me? (And
if you are in a different camp, I hope you will start canonize your POV on this
and other topics.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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