[extropy-chat] "The Most Dangerous Idea" (that is us)

[Giu1i0 Pri5c0]

Fukuyama calling us a "greatest threat" is definitely a positive thing: our
enemies are acknowledging that we are strong and may well become stronger
than them in the long run.
Lets prove Fukuyama is right.
G.

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Sent: viernes, 27 de agosto de 2004 2:03
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Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] "The Most Dangerous Idea" (that is us)


On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 15:15:02 -0400, natashavita at earthlink.net
<natashavita at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Friends,
>
> I just read this on the ExtroBritannia list and wanted to forward it to
you
> all:
>
> "'What ideas, if embraced, would pose the greatest threat to the
> welfare of humanity?' That question was posed to eight prominent
> policy intellectuals by the editors of Foreign Policy in its
> September/October issue (not yet available online). One of the eight
> savants consulted was Francis Fukuyama, professor of international
> political economy at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International
> Studies, author of Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the
> Biotechnology Revolution, and a member of the President's Council on
> Bioethics. His choice for the world's most dangerous idea?
> Transhumanism."
>
> Transhumanism: The Most Dangerous Idea?
> Ronald Bailey
> http://www.reason.com/rb/rb082504.shtml
>

woohoo!

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