[extropy-chat] ANNOUNCE: Extropy Institute's Future

[Keith Henson]

At 12:38 PM 5/4/2006 +0200, you wrote:
>Hal Finney:
> >My main concern during this time of transition is that the history
> >of Extropy be preserved and not forgotten.  Because of the extreme
> >unacceptability of transhumanist ideas in the early days (hard to remember
> >today), the original extropians mailing list had a policy of quasi-secrecy
> >with regard to list archives.
>
>It's not hard for me to remember today, because alot of it is still
>true. Many of those discussions could today still jeopardize contracts,
>careers and personal lives. I wish to remember those discussions in
>our private living rooms, not in a public Internet venue.
>
>Amara

Unfortunately due to factors ranging from disk crashes to becoming a 
refugee, not many of us can remember those long gone days.  (I.e., read the 
postings--brain memory just leaks out and is gone.)

Shame too, because there was history made on that list.  And some of it 
that diffused into the general net culture is just wrong and should be 
corrected from the original source.

For example, I should not be credited for the idea of "Jupiter brains."

Keith Henson