On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Stathis Papaioannou <<a href="mailto:stathisp@gmail.com">stathisp@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Is transhumanism bigger in Italy than in neighbouring countries of<br>> comparable size, or is this just an impression I have got because of<br>
> the public fighting?<br><br>Last time I checked, AIT has approx 300 members, forty-something of whom with voting rights. A few of them have profited from the double-membership offer of WTA. AIT's public mailing list has around 200 subscribers and counting. Italy should have a little more than 50 million inhabitants, foreigners included.<br>
<br>Not bad indeed for something that was incorporated in 2007. Having left some embarassing luggage behind and clarified a few issues (including through the release of the Manifesto) we plan to expand our membership base substantially in 2008, also thank to the publication of transhumanist review, <i>Divenire</i>, with some academic endorsement. Moreover, a few people, including myself, have had the opportunity to grant interviews or contribute articles to national newspapers.<br>
<br>Please do not take however Italy as any kind of H- paradise. As pointed out by Amara the Italian environment is *very* hostile, even though much more amongst the Powers that Be and at a level of legal and economic infrastructures than at a popular level. On the other hand, this makes for a stronger polarisation, so that those who are tendentially favourable to H+ ideas may end up being more stimulated to get involved and/or to pay attention.<br>
<br>Stefano Vaj<br><br><br>