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transhumanism is the recursive process of technological self-improvement
reference extropian principles http://www.maxmore.com/extprn3.htm
with the right sort of cultivation, a human's capabilities can grow in any given
dimension. although there exist many capabilities one may wish to improve, here
we will only include those capabilities which are expected to contribute to
further improvement. thus "the ability to fool oneself with wishful thinking" is
not included in the list of justifications.
sort projects by dimension of capability, feasibility, and expected effectiveness
list of justifications, our core goals and values:
overcoming limits (increase maximum performance)
physical strength
perseverance
sustained attention
maximum complexity awareness
bandwidth in
sensory awareness
information awareness
pattern recognition complexity per unit time (increase)
bandwidth out
action latency
expressiveness
reduced time to mutual understanding
communicate mental state and perceived history
communicate plans, goals, models
improve system resilience (increase minimum performance) (zero performance means you're dead)
mobility
eliminate single points of failure
biological immortality
increase diversity
partition society into loosely coupled units
self-sufficiency
improve effectiveness (increase average performance)
signal to noise ratio (increase)
reduce extraneous input
increase network size
social interaction cross section (increase)
flattening of social hierarchies
reduce duplicated effort
repeatable open source development
delegation (offloading)
leverage diversity of talent
memory
spatial awareness
technology that enables technology development
more useful mental models
more predictive human performance descriptors
reduction of unnecessary pain
create drive for improvement
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