[ExI] Libertarianism wins again...

Max More max at maxmore.com
Wed Jul 20 18:30:46 UTC 2011


Stefano: I like you way you put it. Seems accurate to me.

--Max

2011/7/20 Stefano Vaj <stefano.vaj at gmail.com>

> 2011/7/20 Will Steinberg <steinberg.will at gmail.com>
>
>> Why is libertarianism in Extropy's DNA?
>>
>
> I am certainly not in the position to say what is or is not in Extropy's
> DNA, but let me rephrase this assumption in a perhaps more palatable form:
>
> "In the Extropy mindset an especial, albeit not exclusive, attention has
> always been devoted to possible solutions that take into account the chance
> that spontaneous competition amongst, and economical behaviours of,
> individuals and groups might be more effective in delivering desired results
> than top-down coercion".
>
> This is simply a factual claim, and one that sounds highly plausible to me,
> on the basis of what I have read sofar and of my direct experiences of the
> exchanges in this list.
>
> --
> Stefano Vaj
>
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