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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Interestingly enough I was asked to be involved with a political group out of Russia and Israel. I’m considering it. It is nonpartisan and on the platform of radical life extension. There is another competing group and it will be very interesting to see how this all plays out.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Nevertheless, I respect what Kevin is doing and I am confident I will be involved as an “other”. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>N<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.natasha.cc/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Natasha Vita-More</span></a>, </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PhD <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=144 height=58 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01CD6E9D.96A8AD10" alt="esDESiGN__1"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Chairman, <a href="http://www.humanityplus.org/"><span style='color:windowtext'>Humanity+</span></a><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Editor, <i>The Transhumanist Reader: Classical and ContemporaryEssays on the Science, <br>Technology and Philosophy of the Human Future<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>"The things one feels absolutely certain about are never true. Oscar Wilde<br><i> (But is this true then?)<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Joshua Job<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 30, 2012 8:38 PM<br><b>To:</b> ExI chat list<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] Atten: For any extropy technolibertarians -<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>I don't post very often (hoping to get more active), but I think there is a place for just a teensy bit of sectarianism in the broader transhumanist movement. For example, some might think that government regulations will slow down progress unjustifiably, while others may view it as the best way to combat existential risks from technologies like AGI and molecular nanotechnology. The same goes for social programs--- you could think they'll make things worse, or better. <o:p></o:p></p><p>Obviously your views on such things will effect how you go about promoting transhumanist ideas, and what programs, organizations, and initiatives one will support. Having a place to discuss such topics with others of like mind is beneficial for both the movement as well as for the psychology of the individuals involved. And since the ExI list isn't necessarily the best place for such discussions, it makes sense to create a group especially for libertarian transhumanists (and democratic transhumanists, Singularitarians, etc.).<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Jul 30, 2012 9:18 PM, <<a href="mailto:natasha@natasha.cc">natasha@natasha.cc</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Quoting Max More <<a href="mailto:max@maxmore.com" target="_blank">max@maxmore.com</a>>:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Kevin G Haskell <<a href="mailto:kgh1kgh2@gmail.com" target="_blank">kgh1kgh2@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hi all,<br><br>I love Max an Natasha, but I just want to let you know about the Facebook<br>group I moderate called "Technolibertarians."<br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/technolibertarians/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/technolibertarians/</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I'm not sure I understand the "but" here.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Probably because I am not a libertarian and he assumes we are connected at the hip. Frankly, I really don't like being pigeonholed one way or another. I mean -- who cares if a person is a technolibertarian or a technoprogressive or technononpartisian or technotranspolitical?! As long as we all are for longer, healthy life and support the technologies that will most likely bring this about, why exclude each other?<br><br>Natasha<br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>extropy-chat mailing list<br><a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat" target="_blank">http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>