[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT Re: Nonfiction Submission: A Cosmist Manifesto
- From: "Bob W" <rwiley45@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 02:23:07 -0500
Wow that's interesting.
I wonder if bookshare will replace Evan's book once it's in the collection?
I've seen other books created under a creative commons license in the
collection.
The author mentions the blog in the preface to the book, but I was under the
impression that it was a working copy of the book not the final version.
I'll have to go check it out.
Thanks Misha.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike" <mlsestak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 1:11 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT Re: Nonfiction Submission: A Cosmist Manifesto
It turns out "A Cosmist Manifesto" is a creative commons book. You can
check out the history of the book from the author's blog link below and
from there you can find a link to either just download a PDF, or buy the
paper version from Amazon.
http://cosmistmanifesto.blogspot.com/
By the way, I'm not implying Evan was OT, just saying I am OT in that my
post is not about scanning or proofing the book for bookshare.
Misha
On 8/1/2011 10:10 PM, Mike wrote:
> I'll have to look for it. I have a book of Tsiolkovski's writings,
> both fiction and science, but never heard of Cosmism.
>
> Misha
>
> On 8/1/2011 5:12 PM, Bob W wrote:
>> Sorry folks, I got this one.
>> It sounds like Evan had an epiphany after reading this book and I
>> wanted to see what all the excitement was about..
>> Bob
>> "Candy is dandy,
>> but liquor is quicker."
>> Ogden Nash
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Evan Reese <mailto:mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> *Sent:* Monday, August 01, 2011 3:29 PM
>> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Nonfiction Submission: A Cosmist
>> Manifesto
>>
>> Hello Folks,
>> I just submitted A Cosmist Manifesto: Practical Philosophy for the
>> Posthuman Age by Ben Goertzel.
>> It has been completely read through, completely spell checked, all
>> page numbers and page breaks accounted for, all running headers
>> removed, and all fonts adjusted.
>> Here's the info from the back cover:
>>
>> The term Cosmism was introduced by [Konstantin] Tsiolkovsky and
>> other Russian Cosmists around 1900. Goertzel's Cosmist Manifesto
>> gives it new life and a new twist for the 21st Century.
>>
>> Cosmism, as Goertzel presents it is a practical philosophy for the
>> posthuman era. Rooted in Western and Eastern philosophy as well as
>> modern technology and science, it is a way of understanding
>> ourselves and our universe that makes sense now, and will /keep on
>> making sense /as advanced technology exerts its transformative
>> impact as the future unfolds.
>>
>> Among the many topics considered are AI, nanotechnology,
>> uploading, immortality, psychedelics, meditation, future social
>> structures, psi phenomena, alien and cetacean intelligence and the
>> Singularity. The Cosmist perspective is shown to make plain old
>> common sense of even the wildest future possibilities.
>>
>> This is a marvelous little book, and I hope that it will inspire
>> many others as it has inspired me.
>>
>> Evan
>>
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