Episode 17: Transhumanism
I'm a transhumanist. Transhumanism is the view that our finest destiny lies not in merely embracing our humanity, but improving upon it.This video beautifully portrays the transhumanistic outlook:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/aimee_mullins_prosthetic_aesthetics.html
The Wikipedia transhumanism page offers an excellent overview:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumanism
-Jeff Dee
posted by Jeff Dee @ 8:31 AM
3 Comments:
Wow. Yet another cool paradigm-shifting TED lecture.
You should check out the TV tropes on the anti-transhumanism trope. I don't understand personally why such a trope is so readily embraced in media and the real world (a friend of mine baffled me by saying he'd never take a smart chip implant). The comic Transmeptolitan is also a potential read, as it has a very neutral, leaning on the positive view of the philosophy.
That was an interesting and informative talk!
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