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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"'>Hi everyone!<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"'>Please help to support a transhumanist cultural/philosophy/music/arts/fun-filled project in LA.<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><a href="http://www.rockethub.com/projects/9220-extreme-futurist-festival-2012">http://www.rockethub.com/projects/9220-extreme-futurist-festival-2012</a><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"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank you!<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"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><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><br></span><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@01CD6FCD.7664F8C0" 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></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><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>Natasha Vita-More<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 01, 2012 9:16 AM<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></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I’m not sure who created the Russian Group. Hank, I think, created the US group. <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"'>I did not invite anyone to it. <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"'>I am reconsidering the groups because one of its thought leaders considers baby boomers and other senior citizens to be an unnecessary, and even damaging, marketing tool for a political outreach for life extension.<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"'><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"'> <a href="mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org</a> [<a href="mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org">mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kevin G Haskell<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 01, 2012 6:02 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a><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 class=MsoNormal>On July 30, 2012, Natasha Vita-More wrote:<br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white'>I>>nterestingly enough I was asked to be involved with a political group out</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><br><span style='background:white'>of Russia and Israel. I'm considering it. It is nonpartisan and on the</span><br><span style='background:white'>platform of radical life extension. There is another competing group and it</span><br><span style='background:white'>will be very interesting to see how this all plays out.</span><br><br><br><br><span style='background:white'>Nevertheless, I respect what Kevin is doing and I am confident I will be</span><br><span style='background:white'>involved as an "other".</span><br><br><br><br><span style='background:white'>>>N</span></span> <br><br>Somebody actually added me to that group without asking first and boy was I mad! (Just kidding. I'm interested for now, and if not, I can easily leave the group.) But didn't you and Hank Pellesier create a new USA version of the Russian group? <br><br>Kevin<br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>-- <br> <i> Tweet me on Twitter! - @</i>KevinGHaskell<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>