Re: The image of transhumanism

mark@unicorn.com
Tue, 7 Jul 1998 08:36:45 -0700 (PDT)

Nick Bostrom [bostrom@ndirect.co.uk] wrote:
>the intensity of
>intellectual exploration of transhumanist issues will reach new
>levels that will make most of what is being said today look very
>crude and unsophisticated.
>For a recent step forward, take for example David Brin's reframing of
>the whole privacy debate.

Indeed; Brin's ranting does seem very crude and unsophisticated. Luckily his worship of big government is one of the memes which seems to be dying out.

Mark