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EXTROPY #14 (7:1) First Quarter 1995 2 3 EXTROPY #14 (7:1) First Quarter 1995 CONTENTSCONTENTS
07 Utility Fog, Part Two (nanotech) J. Storrs Hall, Ph.D.
20 Evolutionary Architecture and Extropian Consciousness Fred Stitt
30 Lilliputian Uploads Robin Hanson
36 Biotech Enhancement: Prozac — And the Next Generation Dr. Ray Cover image by Nancie Clark
EXTROPY #14 (7:1) First Quarter 1995 4 14 Methuselah’s Kitchen An Interview with Roy Walford, M.D. (Part One) EXTROPY #14
by David Krieger First Quarter 1995 (vol.7, no.1) with Max More
THE TRANSHUMAN TASTE (reviews)
The Physics of Immortality (Frank Tipler) Reviewed by Michael C. Price 42
Morals by Agreement (David Gauthier) Reviewed by Eric Watt Forste 46
Consciousness: Spontaneous Order and Selectional Systems: Bright Air, Brilliant Fire: On the Matter of Mind (Gerald Edelman) Review essay by Reilly Jones 49
Extro2 Conference 29 Readers’ Survey 33 Extropy Institute 39 Back Issues 40 5 Years ago in Extropy 41 Tapes For Sale 32,56 Contributors 55
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