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                          I N F O

                    "I feel these Wires"
                        - andy hawks

                    updated april 8 1994

------------------------------------------- basic info / introduction

FutureCulture is on on-line mailing list set up to discuss the relevant
issues and aspects pertaining to the future of society as we know it.

From the roads we choose to the vehicles that will take us there, the
FutureCulture community is dedicated to exploring the wide array of topics
that affect our progression into the world of tommorrow.

**FutureCulture is an open, unmoderated forum for the discussion of
  topics which might be related to the future in any way. In the past the
  subject matter discussed on this list has included the following:

        + technoculture/new edge/cyberculture
        + Cyberspace & the Internet
        + virtual reality
        + the computer underground
        + cyberpunk (literary and cultural movements)
        + raves and rave culture
        + media (music/movies/books/magazines) that are relevant
        + virtual communities
        + social and public policy issues

These are in no way a guideline or limiting range for conversation.
FutureCulture encourages the exploration of a wide-range of subject matter.

Discussion on the list often ranges from the mundane "gee-whiz", to
deep philosophical and scientific commentary, from the latest in computer
software and hardware, to issues of personal identity in the electronic
world, to reviews and discussion of the latest pertinent fiction and
non-fiction works.

You build the signal, You make the noise.

As members of this virtual community, we are dedicated to informal
discussion of the various aspects of the sociological, psychological,
technological and cultural issues which relate to society's journey along
the ebb and flow of the tides of humanity's evolution.

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