<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, May 24, 2026 at 9:46 PM Brent Allsop via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:</div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4" face="georgia, serif"><i><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> </span>Athletics in a few years is just going to be absurd.  It'll be more like engineering, unless you want to remain Amish or something.</i></font></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>I agree.<span class="gmail_default" style=""> In one episode </span>Rick and Morty <span class="gmail_default" style="">had an</span> Amish<span class="gmail_default" style=""> Cyborg, a great absurd character! </span></b></font></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><b> John K Clark</b></font></span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><b><br></b></font></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, May 24, 2026 at 12:56 AM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">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">This is about drug enhancements, but maybe physical enhancements are not far behind.<br>
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The Enhanced Games: "It's like the Olympics - except steroids are allowed"<br>
<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cedpz1zqp8po" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cedpz1zqp8po</a><br>
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<a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91547006/the-steroid-olympics-are-happening-this-weekend-and-olympic-medalists-are-competing" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.fastcompany.com/91547006/the-steroid-olympics-are-happening-this-weekend-and-olympic-medalists-are-competing</a><br>
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Interesting that the company behind it describe themselves as a "longevity medicine company".<br>
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Ben<br></blockquote></div>
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