Extropy Institute Organizes "Vital Progress Summit"

The latest Extropy Institute newsletter announces:

To counter Kass and his Council, The New Atlantis, and the seductive Precautionary Principle, Extropy Institute has initiated a Summit in several phases. The first phase will take place in mid-late February. This collaborative, multi-disciplinary online event will bring together not only all kinds of transhumanists and future- friendly folks, but also advocacy groups such as the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation who need advanced biotech research to fix devastating biological problems. As Reeve has said, "I never thought politics would get in the way of hope."
The Vital Progress Summit aims to achieve real, practical results. These will come in stages as the project progresses, but early deliverables expected from the February summit include a pithy response to the Precautionary Principle, a policy and values statement to counter Beyond Therapy, and a comprehensive collection of links to pro-advancement groups, journalists, publications, and educational groups.

The Vital Progress Summit fits perfectly with and realizes Extropy Institute's mission. The February Summit will see the start of a continuing effort to build a broad alliance sharing the goal of the continued progress of fundamental knowledge of the human condition and how to modify it for the better. We can counter the bioconservatives by catalyzing the development of a "party of life".

You'll find more details of the workings of the Summit in the next update just a week from now. The core of the two-week online event will be a focused blog by invited keynote bloggers. Others will be able to participate in related forums and by commenting on the blog-project work as well as by helping develop associated resources.