RE: The Politics of Transhumanism

From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Fri Jan 18 2002 - 16:40:35 MST

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estropico wrote,
> transhumanism = CMT + humanism
> extropy = CMT + libertarianism

These don't make any sense to me. I suggest:

humanism = humans + philosophy
transhumanism = "trans" + humanism
extropian philosophy = extropy + transhumanism

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