[UA] Final Countdown

[Andrew]

Wednesday, June 06, 2001, 7:15:01 PM, Andrew wrote:

SA> I'm trying to find archetypes that could plausibly be ascending in our
SA> present society.  One of the final three may be Alex Abel depending on how
SA> things work out.  Hard to say.

One that occurs is the "Transhumanist", which would be amusing, as
their whole focus is on the coming ascendancy. They're largely people
who believe that technology is heading for the singularity
(http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/vinge/misc/singularity.html) and
that mankind will ascend at that point.  It's a nice mix of the very
modern (technology will save us and the world is getting better) and
the very old (the end is nigh!).

Andy D
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