From: Natasha Vita-More (natasha@natasha.cc)
Date: Tue Mar 05 2002 - 18:31:34 MST
At 03:54 PM 3/5/02 -0600, Simon wrote:
>I posted a message recently about what I thought (external) beauty would be
>like in a transhuman or posthuman view, but no-one responded. Oh well. In
>short, I predicted that the most (externally) beautiful people will be naked
>humans - obvious, I know - where nakedness implies no visible or perceived
>external enhancements to the body. This includes cybernetic devices,
>enhancement technology. I would even go further and say that even jewelry,
>piercings, makeup, etc. will become out of vogue. A natural human would be
>most beautiful to a posthuman.
I appreciate your thoughts on this, but I differ very much in my estimation
of what a later transhuman and posthuman (or post biological) being and its
relationship to beauty. When I think of a naked human, I think of an
animal and it's not terribly appealing to me up the road. While the concept
of nakedness has many implications, I understand what you are getting
at. I don't think we can predict what will be en vogue, yet we certainly
can muse over possible themes.
You might find some answers in my essay on smart skin ("sS")
http://www.natasha.cc/radical.htm for views on external communications.
(Smart Skin ("sS") — TIMELINE: Biological, Technological, Communications &
Design Evolution — Artificial Intelligent Skin (AiS) — Multi-functional
Design Options — The Spin on Skin — Squaring the Curve of Design).
Thanks for expressing your ideas.
Natasha Vita-More
Founder, Transhumanist Arts
Art Director, Digital Design
http://www.natasha.cc http://www.extropic-art.com http://www.transhuman.org
"I'd rather be inebriated on a classic life than a 1996 classic Merlot."
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