Re: Defining Transhumanism

Hara Ra (harara@shamanics.com)
Wed, 21 Oct 1998 23:29:14 -0700

The phrase 'no longer be "human'' is an immediate turnoff for most of the people I know. Also, as we change, so will the meaning of the term "human". How about:

Transhumanism is the idea that new technologies are likely to change the world and ourselves in so many ways that the term "human" will be deeply transformed.

At 07:28 AM 10/20/98 -0500, you wrote:
>At 10:19 AM 10/19/98 -0700, Robin wrote:
>
>>Nick Bostrom suggested that he & I take public our private
>>conversation about definitions of transhumanism. I proposed:
>>
>> Transhumanism is the idea that new technologies are likely
>> to change the world so much in the next century or two that
>> our descendants will in many ways no longer be "human."
>
>This definition leaves out any set of values and transhumanism not not just
>about technology.
>
>Natasha
>

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