[extropy-chat] Futures Politics

[Samantha Atkins]

I don't think just sitting back in good enough!  For how much human  
misery will we sit back and "enjoy the ride"!?  Enough misery of the  
wrong types could lead to catastrophic outcomes that put our fond  
dreams out of reach for generations.   In the US we have 2.3 million  
in prison I heard very recently.  More than any country.  More than  
any country on a per capita basis ever in history.  I have heard that  
around 60% nationwide are in on drug charges, most for simple  
possession.  After decades of such hate-filled abuse it still  
continues.   When will it end?  How can we get off our duffs and go  
be beyond our self-satisfied dreamy assurances in order to end it?

- samantha

On Nov 2, 2005, at 8:07 PM, spike wrote:

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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org [mailto:extropy-chat-
>> bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Joseph Bloch
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> ...
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>> ...if market forces
>> for human enhancement will inevitably trump the political triumphs of
>> the Leon Kass's and Francis Fukyama's of the world, then just sit  
>> back
>> and enjoy the ride.
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>> Joseph
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> Market forces will eventually smash thru any law.  There
> is a steady market for recreational drugs.  All attempts
> to stop it thru legal means have failed.  If human enhancement
> can be done profitably, there is no need to bother with
> the politics; it will happen anyway.
>
> spike
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