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<DIV><FONT size=2>It's not the norm today. It's just influential -- and
pretty much has been for centuries. There never seems to be a shortage of
people who want to violenty remake the world into a better place -- no matter
how much blood must be spilled to do so.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>And this specific view, as applied to transhumanism, seems to
have already been labeled by Bruce Sterling: Cataclystics.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Dan</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 12, 2007 1:51
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [ExI] A Transhumanist
Terrorist Manifesto</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT
size=2></FONT><BR></DIV>Well you already live in a present where it is.
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is this supposed to be some kind of joke? I don't think I want to live
in a future where grandiose sociopathy is the
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