[extropy-chat] More forwards please

[Anders Sandberg]

Have you noticed the nicely >H Honda "More Forwards Please" campaign? I
ran into it yesterday, and was delighted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi4LH1MGWLs

It stimulated me to write this little defence of change for change's sake,
after reading a sour Demos blog about it
(http://www.demos.co.uk/projects/thenanodialogues/blog/whereforwardsplease):

http://www.aleph.se/andart/archives/2007/01/cute_robots_nietzsche_covenant_more_forwards_please.html

Not that the Demos comment is wrong, but it seems to miss the
emotional/spiritual aspect in favor of a utilitarian "whats it for?"
aspect.

-- 
Anders Sandberg,
Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
Philosophy Faculty of Oxford University