EUDAEMONISTS
Eudaemonists Mailing List
Welcome to the Eudaemonists
Mailing list Introduction
Why I started the Eudaemonists mailing list - I used to run a mailing
list for a while, my MFD-List, and I miss the stimulation and group intellectual
discussions. For the last few years I have been a member of the Extropy list,
which has been generally positive and very enlightening. However, recently intellectual
and productive conversations have virtually disappeared from extropy, providing
a good catalyst for the formation of my list. I generally feel now that extropy
is a bunch of snobby self congratulatory intellectual elitists, but my opinion
is malleable. In general it seems to be completely and totally unproductive,
which is sad, considering the number of intelligent people (I thought) on that
list. I am hesitant to label my list as anything specific, I want a general
list, of intelligent people, who are generally working toward some productive
goals, which is way I think this name may be a good fit. I hope you all will
be interested in partaking.
I am hesitant to describe much about the list, on the extropy list, it seemed
expressing any anti-communist ideas or ideas that could be perceived as pro
US was politically incorrect. I strive for no such type of atmosphere about
this list. Okay, not okay... the only thing I really mean is that I did not
invite the annoying whiners from the extropy list (for example, people who post
more complaining about other posts than anything else). Hopefully we will draw
people who are interested in contributing somewhat to some goals. But I really
do not know what path it would take, as I merely want at least a list of intelligent
people to converse with.
Other lists seem to have an atmosphere of laziness and the general hostility
presented to people who suggest trying to accomplish things. I find unproductive
unmotivated people lash out often at hard workers who try to accomplish things,
its some twisted defense mechanism for them not having to take responsibility
for their inaction. In addition the incessant whining about flaming and personal
attacks prevalent on these lists has further encouraged me to start my own.
I envision this list focusing on Eudaemonists themes, but since the primary
theme of Eudaemonia is self-fulfillment and enjoying life, topics will be broad
and diverse. I hope this list will be used to help each other out as much as
we can, and generally create a supportive pro-technology extropic atmosphere.
I envision such a list to be rife with technical and political questions, observations
ideas, etc. I hope you all find it enjoyable and stimulating.
- Michael Dickey
Eudaemonists Mailing list Rules
There will be no moderation and no active policing of the mailing list for the time being. If in the future it should become blatently apparent that one of these is needed then a more formal structure will be put in place. For now refrain from obvious ad hominems (as technically vague as an ad hominem is) and please do not send any attatcments.
Note on Posting
The start of this list was delayed beyond my preference, my only hangup was that with the current list software built into my web hosting service is that you have to hit 'Reply to all' to get the message to go back to the list, the default 'reply' will only send the message to the sender. I know that can be changed, but I am still working on figuring out how, until then, remember to hit 'Reply to all' (and to delete the original sender in the 'To' field, unless you want a message going to the list and to the Sender)
All that being said, I want to welcome everyone to my new list, which I have called 'Eudaemonists' After Aristotle's concept of total human well being through the pursuit of rational humanistic endeavors. The capacity to reason is the single largest differentiator between humans and other beings on this Earth, and as such it is the most uniquely human. To embrace humanity, one must embrace the uniqueness that we hold, one must embrace reason and all the things that make living worthwhile. To me, to embrace reason, nature, beauty, and passion is to be a Eudaemonist. Welcome...
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