[extropy-chat] letter concerning presidential growth

[The Avantguardian]

--- spike <spike66 at comcast.net> wrote:
> I am conflicted on it myself,
> so let
> me counter-propose this: keep to extropian interests
> as
> much as possible when discussing political matters. 
> Most
> politics have an extropian angle.  

Well if technology is an extropian focus then
technology used for political purposes (like various
media, advertising, polls, demographics, psychology,
etc.) ARE extropian. They are the microscopes and
forceps of social engineering. If there is to be any
hope that our grand visions ever see the light of day
then we MUST figure out how to use such technologies
to our best advantage because those that would thwart
us use such technologies as a matter of course.
Elsewise we are no more than ineffectual dreamers
building castles in the sky while our opponents are
fortifying their strongholds on high ground. 

The Avantguardian 
is 
Stuart LaForge
alt email: stuart"AT"ucla.edu

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed. . ."

- Albert Einstein, "What I Believe" (1930)

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