[extropy-chat] Politics

[Jef Allbright]

On 12/28/05, Samantha Atkins <sjatkins at mac.com> wrote:
> That seems to be an unneeded dichotomy.   Many seem to believe that
> only political structure X is likely to enable us to reach >human
> goals.   Others believe that reaching >human goals alone is not
> sufficient for a future they would wish to inhabit.   Personally I
> agree that left-right politics are meaningless.  I think that only a
> political situation that preserves significant individual freedom
> beyond the rule of even the majority gives our only real hope of the
> outliers being free to act.  Without that I do not believe humanity
> will get to a significantly >human future.   But I don't have a pre-
> ordained political outcome that I simply use transhumanism to advance
> even though I am a devoted libertarian.

I'm looking forward to an improved framework for social
decision-making where individuals can agree on the intended
*principles* for arriving at good solutions, rather than needing to
agree a priori on intended *solutions.*

- Jef