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This series of seven posts is extremely interesting. Anyone with history on this email list will at least want to read part 1 and dip into the others. Eliezer comes in for a serious drubbing for the cultlike activities surrounding his interlinked communities
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1, “</span><a href="https://aiascendant.substack.com/p/extropias-children-chapter-1-the-wunderkind" rel="" style="text-decoration:underline;font-family:Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:19px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)" class="ContentPasted0">The
Wunderkind</a><span style="color:rgb(64, 64, 64);font-family:Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:19px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)" class="ContentPasted0">”; </span></div>
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2, “</span><a href="https://aiascendant.substack.com/p/extropias-children-chapter-2-demon-haunted-world" rel="" style="text-decoration:underline;font-family:Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:19px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)" class="ContentPasted0">This
Demon-Haunted World</a><span style="color:rgb(64, 64, 64);font-family:Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:19px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)" class="ContentPasted0">”; </span></div>
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3, “</span><a href="https://aiascendant.substack.com/extropias-children-chapter-3-extropicoin" rel="" style="text-decoration:underline;font-family:Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:19px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)" class="ContentPasted0">Extropicoin
Extrapolated</a><span style="color:rgb(64, 64, 64);font-family:Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:19px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)" class="ContentPasted0">”; </span></div>
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4, “</span><a href="https://aiascendant.substack.com/extropias-children-chapter-4-what-you-owe" rel="" style="text-decoration:underline;font-family:Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:19px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)" class="ContentPasted0">What
You Owe The Future</a><span style="color:rgb(64, 64, 64);font-family:Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:19px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)" class="ContentPasted0">”; </span></div>
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5, “</span><a href="https://aiascendant.substack.com/extropias-children-chapter-5-irrationalism" rel="" style="text-decoration:underline;font-family:Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:19px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)" class="ContentPasted0">Irrationalism</a><span style="color:rgb(64, 64, 64);font-family:Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:19px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)" class="ContentPasted0">”; </span></div>
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6, “</span><a href="https://aiascendant.substack.com/extropias-children-chapter-6-geeks-for-monarchy" rel="" style="text-decoration:underline;font-family:Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:19px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)" class="ContentPasted0">Slate
Star Cortex and the Geeks for Monarchy</a><span style="color:rgb(64, 64, 64);font-family:Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:19px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)" class="ContentPasted0">.”)</span><br>
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Extropia's Children, Chapter 7</h1>
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