[extropy-chat] Gen X amnesia

[Samantha Atkins]

On Nov 5, 2005, at 12:00 PM, spike wrote:
> Your title of gen X *amnesia* suggests people
> who once knew but forgot.  I don't recall ever having
> learned of these matters.  In the 1960s and early 70s,
> rockets and space were everything.  All politic debate
> was just squabbling over stuff that didn't really
> matter much, and would go away eventually.  It was
> a cool dream.
>

What is more worrisome is that a LOT of us are still doing it.  "Come  
MNT (or Singularity or strong AI) the political stuff won't matter."   
Sound familiar?

- samantha