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Extropianism
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Fri, 16 Jul 1999 06:03:00 GMT
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Thanks to recent lugnet.FAQ rumblings and a nice chain of serendipitious
references, I have been reminded of Extropianism.
Robert Munafo's pages have an interesting summation
http://www.mrob.com/extro_prin.html
Extropianism is quite Libertarian, and like Libertarianism, puts a great
deal of stock in the innate goodness of most all of us. Good reading.
Unless you LIKE doom and gloom, that is.
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| Extropians Rock! (...) is really just Max More's (he's the founder of the movement) summation of extropianism, but it's a great start. I was on the extropians mailing list shortly after it started in '91 or '92 (I don't recall) and stayed with it (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Extropianism
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| (...) Okay, Lar, I guess I would like to hear why you think goodness is innate? I would think stuff like survival of self would be innate, but that goodness would be a learned trait. We are certainly born innocent but quite selfish to the exclusion (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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