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In article <9301182309.AA00669@nano.noname>, ghsvax!hal@UUNET.UU.NET (Hal Finney) writes...
>I've been subscribing to the extropians list for over a year now, and
>I've made many changes to my life that are due in good part to the
>influence of that list.

	Me too.  I'm very grateful that an extropian (Max More?
Perry Metzger?) had advertised extropians in libernet, bringing
it to my attention.  It has changed my life in some ways, even
though I was a "natural" extropian.

	First, it brought me face-to-face with excellent discussion
on cryonics, often from people who had already signed up and knew
what they were talking about.  Before I found the list I liked
the idea of cryonics, but I didn't know what the names or addresses
of the organizations were, or the current state of research in the
field.  I have not signed up yet (I am waiting for a financially
advantageous time) but it is a high priority and not something I
will ignore or put off for too long.

	Second, it has put me in touch with serious immortalists.
I have always been an immortalist and it feels good to associate with
such people.  I've always found the deathist humanism of Isaac Asimov
and others to be wrong somehow.  The transhumanistic extropians have
the proper view.

	Third, it has put me in touch with people who have given
some of the best thought and consideration to PPL I have seen.
They've even had an expert like David Friedman (author of the
_Machinery of Freedom_) in the conference.  They think very much
like me on this subject and I have often profited from their discussion.

	Fourth, they've put it all together in a wonderful, coherent
philosophy!  It seemed so natural to me when I first saw it.  There
it all was -- my beliefs organized before my eyes.  I didn't know
that anyone else thought quite the way I did about such things.


Mark Venture