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Contributors

Tom W. Bell: Tom is now studying law at the University of Chicago Law School, having received a Masters in philosophy from the University of Southern California. He is the Law and Politics Editor of Extropy. twb3@midway.uchicago.edu

Robin Hanson: Robin has an M.S. in physics and an M.A. in the philosophy of science from the University of Chicago. He has done artificial intelligence research for hire for the last seven years, currently at NASA Ames. But he is proudest of his independent work in hypertext and idea futures. hanson@charon.arc.nasa.gov

David Krieger: Administrator of the Extropians e-mail list and Extropy’s Science Editor; Systems Librarian at RAND, and former Technical Consultant to Star Trek: The Next Generation. dkrieger%monty@rand.org

Simon! D. Levy: Computing and Linguistics Editor of Extropy, Levy is studying for a Ph.D in Linguistics at the University of Connecticut while working at Haskins Laboratories, and he also works summers at Los Alamos National Laboratories. levy%gary@venus.ycc.yale.edu

Max More, MA: Editor of Extropy, and President of the Society for Venturism, More is writing his Ph.D dissertation on The Diachronic Self at the Department of Philosophy, University of Southern California. more@usc.edu

Thanks to Drew at the Electronic Publishing Center, U.S.C., for his work on the front cover and for his patience when being asked numerous questions.

My thanks also to Dave Krieger and Jay Skeer for a long evening spent proofreading most of the issue.

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WINTER 1991/92