<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Adrian Tymes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:atymes@gmail.com" target="_blank">atymes@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">On Nov 6, 2013 2:17 AM, "John Grigg" <<a href="mailto:possiblepaths2050@gmail.com" target="_blank">possiblepaths2050@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>

> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zoltan-istvan/is-it-time-for-a-transhum_b_4077194.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zoltan-istvan/is-it-time-for-a-transhum_b_4077194.html</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">Wrong tone.  If this is to be done, one must get lots of people to watch.  Browbeating the morality of those choosing to watch or not watch will not accomplish this.  Instead, play up how this would enhance those things that sports fans tune in to watch in the first place.</p>


<p dir="ltr">Unfortunately, it is difficult to portray base drama and get average viewers to relate, when the subject matter is far beyond what most viewers think they might personally experience</p></blockquote><div>If so, how do you explain the tremendous popularity of superhero movies? Or science fiction? Or all the dramatic fiction involving things far beyond what most viewers expect to experiences personally?<br>
<br></div><div>--Max<br></div><div> </div><br></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div>Max More, PhD</div><div>Strategic Philosopher</div><div>Co-editor, <i>The Transhumanist Reader</i></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Transhumanist-Reader-Contemporary-Technology-Philosophy/dp/1118334310/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372225570&sr=1-1&keywords=the+transhumanist+reader" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Transhumanist-Reader-Contemporary-Technology-Philosophy/dp/1118334310/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372225570&sr=1-1&keywords=the+transhumanist+reader</a><br>
President & CEO, Alcor Life Extension Foundation</div>
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