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  • noun the prediction that human intelligence and technology will enable life to expand in an orderly way throughout the entire universe

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  • Formed in the late 1980s, Extropy Institute was the first transhumanist organization and More is (or was?) its president.

    Boing Boing: April 30, 2006 - May 6, 2006 Archives 2006

  • Update: Natasha Vita-More says: I am still president of Extropy Institute, have been for 5 years.

    Boing Boing: April 30, 2006 - May 6, 2006 Archives 2006

  • Vita-More tells R.U. Sirius, "We're closing the doors of Extropy Institute."

    Boing Boing: April 30, 2006 - May 6, 2006 Archives 2006

  • The theme of this year's conference is "Art and Life in the Posthuman Era," featuring such presenters as cyborg Steve Mann, Australian performance artist Stelarc, Extropy Institute founder Max More, leading biogerontologist Aubrey de Grey, and transhumanist philosopher Nick Bostrom, among many others.

    Boing Boing: July 18, 2004 - July 24, 2004 Archives 2004

  • * Extropy is a publication that walks the thin line separating advanced scientific theory and science fiction.

    I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002

  • Storrs first wrote about what he calls Foglets, or Utility Fog, in Extropy magazine a couple of years back.

    I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002

  • Storrs first wrote about what he calls Foglets, or Utility Fog, in Extropy magazine a couple of years back.

    I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002

  • * Extropy is a publication that walks the thin line separating advanced scientific theory and science fiction.

    I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002

  • * Extropy is a publication that walks the thin line separating advanced scientific theory and science fiction.

    I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002

  • Storrs first wrote about what he calls Foglets, or Utility Fog, in Extropy magazine a couple of years back.

    I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002

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