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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>We cannot know what goes on in the life
and mind of someone who was at one point in time a hero/famous within a group and
at the same time unattainable unless one had a special pass. When I saw Eric
last he looked handsome, well dressed and in love with his second wife. Maybe
he simply moved on from Foresight and wanted to live his life fresh and anew
and has yet to make that publicly known. (But then that was some years ago.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org
[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Stefan Pernar<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, August 30, 2008
6:14 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">ExI
chat list</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [ExI] What happened
between Drexler and the FNI between 2004-2006?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hi all,<br>
<br>
I was doing some digging to understand the background of what happened from
2004-2006 between Drexler and the Foresight Nanotech Institute he co-founded.
Why the split and eventual disassociation?<br>
<br>
There is this 2004 Wired article from October 2004 but it is incredibly light
on the why's (<a href="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.10/drexler.html">http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.10/drexler.html</a>)<br>
<br>
Below a time line of his positions within the Institute as I managed to
reconstruct it using the Way Back machine and the ExI chat archive:<br>
<br>
until Apr 03, 2004 => Chairman: K. Eric Drexler, Ph.D.<br>
Apr 04, 2004 => Founder and Chairman Emeritus: K. Eric Drexler, Ph.D.<br>
Apr 21, 2004 => <a href="http://e-drexler.com">http://e-drexler.com</a> live<br>
Aug 03, 2004 => K. Eric Drexler, Chairman, Board of Advisors<br>
May 26, 2005 => K. Eric Drexler, Founder and Advisor<br>
Apr 21, 2006 => Nothing, "no association"<br>
<br>
None of the weekly newsletters nor the quarterly updates of the FNI even
mention his departure - just the appointment of a successor...<br>
<br>
Can some of the old timers please share their insights?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
Stefan<br>
-- <br>
Stefan Pernar<br>
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<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">#6 Cai Hong Road</st1:address></st1:Street>,
Da Shan Zi<br>
Chao Yang District<br>
100015 <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Beijing</st1:place></st1:City><br>
P.R. <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">CHINA</st1:place></st1:country-region><br>
Mobil: +86 1391 009 1931<br>
Skype: Stefan.Pernar<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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