<div>Jef Allbright wrote:</div>
<div>Generally speaking, the Japanese have embraced promotion of human<br>values via increasingly effective technological means to an extent<br>significantly **exceeding** popular acceptance in the US, Canada, and<br>Europe. I suspect that what your perceive as non-Transhumanism is the<br>
relative deemphasis of child-like visions of individual attainment<br>(god-like powers, expanded hedonism, personal immortality) favored by<br>many in the west.</div>
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<div>Child-like visions!! LOL ; ) But that is what keeps many a Transhumanist going! heehee I suppose every Extro and WTA list member should read Roger Zelazney's "Lord of Light" at least every five years to help "keep the faith."</div>
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<div>Keep in mind that Japan has a rapidly graying population and a very weak replacement birthrate and so the central government is forced to deal somehow with an extremely challenging situation that is staring them in the face and threatens their national and economic security. The Japanese tend toward at least moderate xenophobia and rather than allowing massive immigration into their nation to take up the slack they would prefer to invest billions into robotics and A.I. research and development. This is a very wise gamble, all things considered, and it may pay off very handsomely for them. </div>
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<div>But I've watched enough anime to know that when they start developing giant flying military robots that we better watch out! lol</div>
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<div>John Grigg </div>
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