The Manual Explained

As author of this book, I offer a grid of what the book is, and is not:

• is a terse short manual
• is for readers who can understand systems science
• is about extropic systems
• is about epistemic technology
• is about the Anthropocene geological era
• is for the bourgeoisie-technologist
• is supportive of industrialization
• is written in a style inspired by the Tao Te Ting
• is progressive ideals of cultural inclusiveness and diversity
• is compatible with the perspectives of Ayn Rand
• is supportive of evolution and change as a demand on all things
• is supportive of mobility and adaptation as a demand for all humans
• is supportive of violence in defence of society's continued dynamism
• is supportive of treating intentional pacifist localized economies as powerless tributaries
• is appropriate for all brilliant children as a source of inspiration and guidance
  
  
• not a manual with detailed implementation
• not supportive of a return to more primitive ways of living
• not for absolute local economies
• not for absolute pacifism
• not for religious morals imposed on wider society
• not for a totalitarian society engineered not to evolve
• not for legislation designed to prevent individual and community death by failure