I wonder if part of the reason I have such a favorable impression of transhumanism (compared to some of my friends) is that I encountered it before the web was truly graphical.
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Yep—I think it was the same. I had run into a few things that I would identify as transhumanist in retrospect, but I think I first got exposed to that terminology on some small websites, and mostly, mailing lists, in the late 90s.
I vaguely remember the transhumanist mailing list, some more techie version with a similar name, the extropians mailing list, polymath list, and a sort of penumbra of half a dozen around those. Plus the writings of Vernor Vinge & several other sf authors & scientists.
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It's hard to remember much of what I ventured into! I've been able to find where I posted in a few archives, but I was probably mostly lurking, and my emails before 2006 are gone. I was definitely reading some adventurous scientists and sf authors. Tipler was also an early read.
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