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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi everyone!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I want to build an online a transhumanism knowledge source that will working nicely with our forthcoming book <i>The Transhumanist Reader: Classical and Contemporary Essays on the Science, Technology, and Philosophy of the Human Future</i> (Eds. More and Vita-More) (John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Publishing).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The knowledge source would form the central knowledge and media center for transhumanism – where anyone can go to learn, contact, connect, etc.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>When Extropy Institute closed down, we had hopes of building a library of knowledge. Too many things got in the way, but now is the time because the book is finally going to print spring of 2013. It would be great for this list to be part of the core team conceptualizers and content builders because this list is historical.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So, with this in mind:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What would you like it to be? How would you like it to function? What would you like it to look like?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Natasha<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.natasha.cc/"><span style='color:windowtext'>Natasha Vita-More, PhD</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=77 height=31 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01CDD39C.25664270" alt="esDESiGN_email"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:black'>Professor, University of Advancing Technology<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:black'>Chairman, <a href="http://www.humanityplus.org/"><span style='color:black'>Humanity+</span></a><br>Producer/Host, <a href="http://www.hplustv.wordpress.com/"><span style='color:black'>H+TV</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>