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<p>On Monday 11 February 2008, Tom Tobin wrote:</p>
<p><span style="color:#008000">> This intrigues me, as I fall squarely into the intersection of the</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#008000">> "open source programmer" and "transhumanist" categories. I'd</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#008000">> tentatively suggest that both memeplexes attach to the same</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#008000">> underlying personality type, but a difference in interests/skills (in</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#008000">> the case of whether one takes up programming) and philosophy (in the</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#008000">> case of adopting a transhumanist outlook) cause less overlap than</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#008000">> there might be otherwise. In other words, it's very easy to imagine</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#008000">> transhumanists with no real desire to program, and likewise open</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#008000">> source programmers with no inclination towards transhumanism.</span></p>
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<p>The thing about it is that programming is the art of design and creation, and the basic extropian idea is that of self-creation -- it's the simple elaboration of 'programming' to a more generalized context. Maybe I have an essay to write, what structure might it take?</p>
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<p>- Bryan</p>
<p>________________________________________</p>
<p>Bryan Bishop</p>
<p>http://heybryan.org/</p>
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