[ExI] Off for now

Dave Sill sparge at gmail.com
Tue Nov 15 19:39:33 UTC 2016


+1

On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 2:34 PM, Adrian Tymes <atymes at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Nov 15, 2016 11:21 AM, "Anders" <anders at aleph.se> wrote:
> > On 2016-11-12 02:12, William Flynn Wallace wrote:
> >> Is this the group that used to discuss transhumanism, libertarianism,
> extropy?
> >>
> >> Just burned out, are you?  It seems that side issues are taking over
> the chats. Politics can certain be related to the issues above, but we are
> not doing that, are we?  If we are it's too subtle for me.
> >
> > Exactly. There are important and interesting things happening in AI,
> life extension, nanotechnology, space, transhumanist philosophy and
> cognitive science right now. However, they have no place here, since this
> is clearly a place for yelling about political scenarios. Not unimportant,
> but it presumably means we should take the extropianism somewhere else.
> >
> > I will be at EAGxOxford. See you.
>
> Spike: we are now losing members because the political talk went past the
> election, and there is now no end in sight.
>
> I request an immediate, complete ban on discussion of the US political
> system and the upcoming executive branch save where they directly impact
> transhumanist topics.  (Talking about support for space tech, sure.
> Talking about whether there will be a 2020 election, and especially about
> what the political parties should have done to avoid Clinton vs. Trump,
> tempban.  Even speculating about the odds of Trump launching nuclear war is
> off-limits, since that quickly bleeds into "...and here's how to get Trump
> out of office/...and you're morons if you supported Trump".)
>
> No ifs, ands, or buts.  No excuses.  Stop it now, man.
>
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