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Re: Extropianism
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Date: 
Fri, 16 Jul 1999 15:37:50 GMT
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JSPROAT@IO.saynotospamCOM
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> 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.

It certainly sells better on the silver screen than optimism.  :-P

Cheers,
- jsproat

--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com>
http://www.io.com/~jsproat
Darth Maul Lives



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  Re: Extropianism
 
(...) You have to have adversity for the hero to overcome, but in the end you have a happy ending, or your picture won't do as well. (27 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Extropianism
 
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 (URL) is quite Libertarian, and like Libertarianism, puts a great deal of (...) (27 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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