<div dir="ltr">>As Anders Sandberg would say, science is about approximation. Well, so, then, perhaps, is this, and perhaps not:<br><br><br>>I was once told by 'someone' here that having an Extropian Facebook Page would be like<br>
>drinking quality champagne from plastic glasses, but I always wondered,<div>>"why would such a great group of thinkers limit themselves to <br>>such an archaic system as a llstserv?<br>>I wondered why a group founded on the Extropian principles about<br>
>'ever moving forward toward the future', would reject such an </div><div>>obviously superior system of exchange of ideas as FB provides, or Google+?<br>>I was told by a young, mindless liberal, who directed me here, that she considered <br>
>'this as one of the best libertarian of sites, one that actually "made some sense sometimes,"<br>>but all others, she couldn't understand.<br>>Here's the thing. Like on FB, the original Extropian, libertarian-oriented ideals as expounded<br>
>in words by Max More, but 'somehow' seemingly undermined, made me curious about<br>>WTF happened. <br>>Then I figured it out.<br>>My young, mindless, leftwing friend (who, btw, wanted to replace the present reigning H+ queen),<br>
>didn't see much of an ideological difference. <br>>What did she see in herself, then, that was different? Take a guess. That's what you 'both' are fighting.<br>>It is a losing game unless you up it, and muscles,death boxes, and advanced degrees<br>
>aren't visionary, they are only stop-gaps to hold on. That's fine, but don't attack 'him' anymore.<br>>I've heard this group become overrun by negatarians, not optimists. So...<br><br>>My words, in deference to the #1 visionary of the future, in that 'plastic' world 'you' denounced,were:<br>
<br>>"<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:15.454545021057129px">IN PRAISE OF MODERN HERO, RAY KURZWEILl:</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:15.454545021057129px"> </span></div>
<br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:15.454545021057129px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:15.454545021057129px">>Not sure if I'm the first one to say this, but I am totally in love with Ray Kurzweil as one human being to another, and hopefully in the soon-to-be future, one >higher being to another. </span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:15.454545021057129px">
<br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:15.454545021057129px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:15.454545021057129px">>Yes, it's true!</span><span class="" style="display:inline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:15.454545021057129px"><br>
<br>>This man...I am just happy and privilaged to be alive in the same time period that he is. <br><br>>This man, this great, great man, is one of the very few who drive humanity forward fearlessly. He doesn't just do it with words, but by his inventions, his >creativity, his goals, and his beautiful vision of the future. <br>
<br>>Ray Kurzweil does not seed fear of future, but pushes forth optimism, based on human history of progress, but he appeals to the non-violent methods we've >used for most of our progress, not the minor amounts of primitive, violent methods we've used. <br>
<br>>Ray Kurzweil sees the best in humanity, and more, which is what humanity 'will' become. <br><br>>Ray Kurzweil is the single most important futurist of our age, and hopefully, that will mean for humanity, an everlasting, ever-growing universal species that >humanity can become.<br>
<br>>Ray Kurweil is one off the few human beings who have a vision, not just for the Earth, not just for humanity, but for the universe and beyond.<br><br>>Let the world raise it's glasses to the greatest living leader alive, and to this date, possibly forever, modern humanity's modern hero, RAY KURZWEIL! <br>
<br>>Again, TO RAY KURZWEIL!<br><br>Congratulations on your new book, but remember, there are young liberals gunning for the same positions which you now hold, because you've ceded you're cutting-edge selves. This has also had an unfortunate effect on the minds up the upcoming 'bright stars', at their loss, for you gain. <br>
<br>Again, if the numbers in science is about approximation,as Anders who say, perhaps what I just wrote can be viewed the same way. Perhaps not.<br></span><div><br></div>-- <br> <i> Tweet me on Twitter! - @</i>KevinGHaskell<br>
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