Natasha Vita-More wrote:
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> Transhuman Mailing List
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> Opening my mind
> I became transhumanist.
> The rest is detail
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> Natasha Vita More
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I agree, idealistically, this is the way it should be. All human persons generally want the same thing -- food, health, happiness, love, shelter. As technology increases the human race should be able to provide the material necessities to sustain life for all people regardless of race, creed, gender, or national origin. It seems logic and reason point humanity in one direction and one direction only.
I think the following list member discussion is highly appropos:
Andrew Ducker wrote:
> My main reasons for being pro-transhumanism are that it provides a high
christophe delriviere <darkmichet@bigfoot.com> responds:
>Well...It is certainly not necessary true... I *consider* also myself as a
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> likelihood of more pleasure, less pain, more cool toys, more happiness
> world-wide.
>transhumanist but i certainly don't believe
>that to optimize only our selves according to our private purposes is sufficient
>to live in a "good" society.
>The problem is very easy to understand... we also have to give some "great
>we are not able to define such "great purposes" as could be as a mere
>example a
>spatial colonization, our society will be locked by sub optimization.
Mark