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Problems As We Walk Towards The Transhuman Future: Part One
I have always found some of the core beliefs of the various Futurist, Transhumanist, and H+ factions to be quite interesting. The various futurist collectives understand point A and point Z but have no clue what the hell they are going to do with all the points in between points A and Z. You have a whole host of issues that have to be addressed on the way to the glory of the Singularity. What I am going to cover today is just a small section of one of the most import items that will have to be fixed by everyone, whether you are a futurist or a Luddite and…
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Why Transhumanism Is Not Private Property
Transhumanism (H+), has made some progress recently. Well, at least progress in creating careers, generating PhD theses, raising money and generally attempting to become mainstream. Indeed, I would not be surprised if as much as 1% of the educated population have heard of it. However, a price has to be paid and it seems to be that of giving up H+ and even in some cases appearing to oppose its traditional goals. The techniques of doing so involve a weird kind of cognitive dissonance. On one hand all the grand visions of artificial intelligence, uploading, raising the dead, re-engineering the cosmos and creating new species of PostHumans are being downplayed…