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color=#0000ff size=2>This is an entirely differnt subject that the Global
Spiral's Responsive Issue on Transthumanism. <A
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on topic in congratulating the authors of this issue whose papers are
outstanding. (I'll resend it to the list)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org
[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>John
Grigg<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 10, 2009 1:19 AM<BR><B>To:</B> ExI chat
list<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [ExI] Human Futures: Comment to the Global
Spiral!<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV class=Wj3C7c>Thanks Natasha.<BR><BR>I haven't seen it discussed here, but
I expect many here saw the treatment<BR>of one of our own former posters, Nick
Bostrom, on page 73 of the January<BR>2009 evolution issue of Scientific
American. I didn't like the commentary<BR>on transhumanism, but I think
highly of Peter Ward, so I have said nothing.<BR><BR><BR>Perhaps someone could
ask Nick to post his take on the article? Anders?
</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>>><BR><BR>I read the article you mentioned
and the way the writer presented Nick Bostrom's ideas about the future of
humanity was both frightening and depressing. He quoted Bostrom at the end
of the piece, regarding a probable scenario where humans would need to be more
and more upgraded & merged with machines (to stay competitive) and as a
result would become less and less human in the ways we now treasure, in terms of
love, family, children, dance, literature, the arts, etc.,. We would all
become sucked into a horrible cyber-darwinian reality.
<BR><BR><I>Nick Bostrom, "transhumanist
bogeyman</I>"<BR><BR>John<BR><BR></BODY></HTML>