REPORTS OF MY DEATH...

December 2005:

During 2005, I resolved to take WTT in a new
direction.

In my view, as the decades of this century
unfold, three issues will increasingly dominate
philosophy and the human experience:

* the emergence of technologically-achieved
human immortality;

* vastly improved understanding of the nature of
human thought and consciousness;

* emergent human nature--not as a product of
accidental, evolutionary process but as a
product of human design.

These are some components of a view that
may be called transhumanism. As I see it,
any philosophy that does not embrace trans-
humanism is destined to become an intel-
lectual backwater.

Objectivism, it has been said, is a philosophy
for living. But to remain a living philosophy,
it must become a philosophy for living FOREVER,
with all that entails.


...HAVE BEEN EXAGGERATED. BUT ONLY SLIGHTLY.

February 17, 2006:

Life decided to take ME in a new direction; I was
diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer.

Needless to say, though, this has brought a whole
new focus to my thinking about mortality.

MY PLANS

* There are several new articles on
www.wethethinking.com, and forum topics!
More to come this week. Check it out.

* This week I'm setting up a new website,
www.wethedead.com

It should be operational by Sunday or Monday,
March 6, 2006.

We the Dead is NOT a cancer or terminal illness
support site.

Rather, I am writing a series of brief and
lighthearted narratives and commentaries based
upon my experiences and
the /philosophy/history/future of death in
general--and if these do not leave you LAUGHING,
I will turn in my artistic license.

I'll continue so long as I have the strength,
interest, and cognitive ability to do so--
weeks, months, who knows?--and so long as
my sense of humor remains intact.

Well-wishes in general are appreciated, but
posts about "alternative medicine" or
contemporary "beating cancer" themes are
discouraged.

We the Dead is about beating DEATH itself!

* Next week I hope to have the new, streamlined We
the Thinking online.

Precisely how these two vehicles, WTD and WTT,
will complement each other, and how they will
evolve and survive, is something of a mystery
to me. I hope you'll join me in the journey
and in the discovery.

All those previously registered as members of
We the Thinking will be in the We the Dead
database as members. These sites, however,
are independent, and henceforth will require
independent registration and login for new
members.


Nathan Hawking, Mortal-in-Chief
It's about the ideas.
www.wethethinking.com
www.wethedead.com


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