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 ManifestoHello 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. EvanTo unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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