<p dir="ltr">Only *one* embarassing post of mine? ;)</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 30, 2014 8:45 AM, "Giulio Prisco" <<a href="mailto:giulio@gmail.com">giulio@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Mike I just found a very embarrassing old post of yours, send me one<br>
bitcoin or else.... ;-)<br>
<br>
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Michael LaTorra <<a href="mailto:mlatorra@gmail.com">mlatorra@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> The Extropy archives will indeed be a goldmine for future historians. And<br>
> Eliezer was correct that the Internet is forever and we ought be careful<br>
> what we post. When he was a teenager in Chicagoland and about to be kicked<br>
> out of the nest by his parents, he posted some heartfelt, desperate<br>
> pleadings. From his current perspective in Silicon Valley, hobnobbing with<br>
> Peter Theil and ruling the roost at MIRI, those old postings might seem<br>
> embarassing. But we ALL have similarly embarassing postings in our pasts. So<br>
> let's each and all be charitable to one another.<br>
><br>
> Best,<br>
> Mike LaTorra<br>
><br>
> On Sep 30, 2014 8:03 AM, "spike" <<a href="mailto:spike66@att.net">spike66@att.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> >... On Behalf Of Mike Dougherty<br>
>> Subject: Re: [ExI] Input for article on "The Extropian Roots of Bitcoin"<br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 4:57 AM, Giulio Prisco <<a href="mailto:giulio@gmail.com">giulio@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >>... I am writing for a Bitcoin magazine and I want to write an article<br>
>> >> on<br>
>> > "The Extropian Roots of Bitcoin." ...<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> >...If the analogy is that Bitcoin's roots grew from Extropy's fertile<br>
>> soil...<br>
>><br>
>> I can imagine future historians will be mining the Extropy archives for<br>
>> decades, marveling that it was one of the early meeting places for<br>
>> future-minded hipsters.<br>
>><br>
>> When Eliezer Yudkowsky was a teenager, he used to post a lot here. A meme<br>
>> he sometimes said which really astonish me for its insight was along the<br>
>> lines of "Be careful what you post here, or anywhere. The internet never<br>
>> forgets."<br>
>><br>
>> He was right. I may someday regret some of the silliness I posted here,<br>
>> particularly the comedy, that sex lamas business and the other stuff. Or<br>
>> not; I had fun with it then, and would probably laugh again if I read some<br>
>> of the goofiness I posted here a long time ago when I was a mere child of<br>
>> 30<br>
>> years.<br>
>><br>
>> Some of those wordplay storms were hilarious. We don't do those anymore.<br>
>> Remember when anyone would make any funny typo, and of course Damien<br>
>> Broderick and I would jump on it, then sometimes Max and the other<br>
>> infamous<br>
>> punsters, and WOW that was great geek fun.<br>
>><br>
>> spike<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
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