<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">We are thinky types, not huggy types spike</span><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">I noticed it early in life: when we arrived at my relatives' house for Xmas there were A frame hugs: you stand about two feet apart, lean forward, give a quick two pats on the back. No actual contact except for maybe a kiss on the cheek. The whole family, women, men.... I married a woman whose whole family was like that except for one niece, who would stick her treasures right into your chest. No </font></span><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small">A frame for her. The problem with being cold is that people think you don't have any emotions. I have plenty of them. Too much at times. But hugging is for sex and please keep your distance. I had one friend whose personal distance was about eight inches and I was constantly backing away from him. Does having adequate personal space go along with being cold? bill w</span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 10:52 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="gmail-m_-295761118460886345WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>…</b>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Grigg via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] elon says this isn't cgi<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">>…I think what would be good about a listen-bot, is that the conversations could be recorded, and ultimately turned into a biography of the person. I've always admired people and organizations who interview the elderly and write down their life stories. I hate the idea that the individual experiences of a person are forever lost.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">A great SNL skit about the Alexa "Silver..." <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvT_gqs5ETk" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvT_gqs5ETk</a><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">John<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Excellent thanks. John I thought of you today. As I was pondering how to proceed with this notion, I was struck by the irony that the ExI crowd would be the ones attempting such a thing. Look us, my friends. We are not exactly the most warm cuddly sorts. Then I realized, Well, Johnny Grigg is. But the rest of us, not so much really. We are thinky types, not huggy types.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Fun aside: we had an ExI conference at Berkeley about 20 yrs ago, buncha guys came from all over. We had a huge blowout party at my house. My bride marveled at how normal I am compared to my own online friends. So all these huge Extro-biggies showed up: Anders, Eliezer, Greg Burch, Max, Robert Bradbury, I was in awe of myself just for being in their presence. She doesn’t know how godlike any of these guys are, and to this day she remembers only one of the people there. That person is… <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">John Grigg. She thinks he is the nicest guy of all of us. Our own Griggmeister! So now I hafta sleep with one eye open.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">spike<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
extropy-chat mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat</a><br>
</blockquote></div>