It would also be the start of a trend among Extropians: Max O'Connor became Max More; Mark Potts became Mark Plus; Harry Shapiro became Harry Hawk. And Tom Morrow and FM-2030. Nick Szabo was an Extropian.
So did Nick change his name?
No. He is one of the Extropians who didn't do that annoying fucking thing of changing his name. Because seriously, that is some pretentious and retarded shit.
(Did I ever mention I got thrown off the Extropians mailing list in the early '90s for literally no reason? I think I pissed off that idiot Perry Metzger somehow.)
It is difficult to imagine being thrown off the Extropians mailing list. Were you too old-fashioned, or is it that he is too much of a fucking control freak?