X-Message-Number: 8999
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 20:45:04 +0300 (MSK)
From: Eugene Leitl <>
Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: >Htech: transhumantech list -- please distribute widely

It seems that many have missed the first, admittedly somewhat informal
announcement -- hence this repost. 

The list is currently not being moderated, but will be as soon as traffic
goes up in volume. Slowly, but surely >Htech related forwards to the >H
list and extropians will cease.  As an experiment, we will be
investigating distributed moderation of (subscriber-submitted) content --
the truly smart web crawlers. As a side effect, this nicely takes care of
spam.

This is _not_ about further transhumanist balcanization, but should be
seen as an attempt to further contribute to the diversity of information
channels, to better fit your personal needs. Hopefully.

Contributions are solicited.

ciao,
'gene

http://www.excelsior.org/transhuman_tech_list/

0. TRANSHUMANTECH
 Mailing List 

 This list is dedicated to the logical
 discussion of technologies of
 interest to transhumanists. 

 1. An Introduction to
 Transhumanism 

 Transhumanism is the idea of
 extending the biological object
 human through the use of
 high-level technology or other
 rational means. The Transhuman
 is supposed to have a superior
 body and/or mind. Research in
 Transhumanism covers
 technologies like cryonics,
 neurosciences, artificial
 intelligence, genetic engineering,
 nanotechnology, drugs and life
 extension. 

 All these technologies are complex
 and there are lots of books about
 each one. Many of them promise
 impressive progress in the future
 and maybe the Transcension of
 humankind. Transcension is no
 esoterical new age expression, it
 simply means the creation of
 Posthumans. People who want to
 further this goal and / or to become
 Transhuman in the future may call
 themselves Transhumanists. 

 2. What is Homo Excelsior? 

 Homo Excelsior is a magazine that
 is released on the web, as an
 ASCII file and as a compressed
 archive of the web version. It
 covers all topics of interest to
 Transhumanists, including book
 references, internet addresses and
 original articles. Its major goal is to
 further the Transcension, to outline
 dangers and possibilities and to
 show implications on society and
 power structures. 

 3. Subscribing and
 Unsubscribing 

 To subscribe, send mail to
 "" with the
 command "subscribe
 transhumantech Your Name" in
 the body (not the subject) of the
 message. 

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 command "unsubscribe
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 Do not send any of the above
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