Re: SOC: Opposition to Transhumanism

From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Tue Jan 04 2000 - 05:27:01 MST


John Thomas <fyreflye@bigfoot.com> writes:

> I'm still both a registered Green and a transhumanist; and while
> I have little expectation of the Greens becoming a serious political
> party I feel a need to distance myself from the ruling parties, and
> am not ready to embrace a Libertarian agenda. Not all questions
> about genetically engineered crops have been answered, and it may
> still be possible to make technological errors that lead to
> environmental disaster. Like Natasha, if I understand her correctly,
> I reject the ignorant alarmists without rejecting rational
> environmental concerns.

Transhumanism can complement environmentalism in many ways. But
overcoming the ideological barriers and handling irrational
environmentalism will be hard work. I applaud all attempts to achieve
this.

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