As I'm feeling chatty this morning, I'll comment on another trend I've
been seeing a lot of. While reading the Andrew Orlowski piece on Robin
Hanson and the PAM/terror futures thing
( the URL is <http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/32170.html> )
I got to thinking about "What ever happened to Max More?" (the founder
of the Extropians group)
I did some Googling and found out he and his wife (Natasha
Vita-More...the Extropians often change their names to more
future-sounding monikers) are some kind of "motivational coaches" or
involved in software to do the same.
Then while Googling on Omnivora Policy Systems, or whatever that
"disappearing ink" company is, I ran across the name Jeff Ubois, the
guy who attended some of my parties. His resume is chockfull of
references to "motivational' and "coaching" and similar squishy-soft
consulting gigs.
Way too many people think they can become the next Tony Robbins, that
Neanderthal on late night t.v. selling motivational tapes.
The good ideas, the good companies, the good technology...it comes from
good ideas and good products, not from EST nonsense, not from
motivational coaches, not from late night hucksters.
Having talked to some of these folks, though not for the past few
years, it really bugs me to see them going down this bullshit path.
--Tim May
"The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any
member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm
to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient
warrant." --John Stuart Mill
