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7 WWW.hPLUSMAgAzIne.CoM A little over a year ago, I sat down with RU Sirius at an outdoor cafe in Mill Valley to discuss ways to spread transhumanist ideas. I was a big fan of RU, from Mondo 2000, a glossy cyberpunk magazine he co-founded and edited back in the early 1990s, to his latest books, including True Mutations and Counterculture Through the Ages. We shared an optimistic view of the future, where technologies help humanity in ways such as improved health, longer lifespans, greater intelligence and happiness, and the creation of a postscarcity society. not surprisingly, we talked about a magazine that could explore the ways in which these nbIC (nano, bio, info, and cogno) technologies could help humanity and highlight the lifestyles of the budding transhumanist community. While we hold to the Proactionary Principle (resource: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Proactionary_Principle), we also wished to encourage rational debate on ethical safeguards for these future technologies. We decided to produce a quarterly digital online magazine. our first issue came out in october, 2008. It was a tremendous success. Since I didn't have a background in publishing, we relied heavily upon RU's skills and those of a world-renowned virtual worlds artist, DC Spensley, who acted as the first issue's art director, as well as the generous advice and help of friends, such as PJ Manney, Tyler emerson and Dave Latimer. "Tech" magazines have come and gone and others have changed from "edgy" to mainstream. We hope h+ Magazine will be around for a long time, a voice for those who believe emerging technologies can and should be ethically used for the betterment of society and the kind of magazine one could say "If there was only one magazine I could subscribe to, this would be the one." We welcome our readers to join our community and share our enthusiasm and hopes for a better tomorrow, while realizing there's much to do today to bring that brighter future to fruition. best wishes, James Clement betterhumans LLC James Clement Co-Founder Dan Stoicescu Co-Founder Publisher's Statement