From: Nick Bostrom (bostrom@ndirect.co.uk)
Date: Wed Apr 08 1998 - 18:23:04 MDT
The version of the Transhumanist Declaration (as it's now called)
that will have to do for now is at:
http://www.transhumanism.com/declaration.htm.
In the future it will of course be revised and updated. Thanks to
everybody who has contributed!
Another thing that is useful to have worked out is a one-sentence
definition/explanation of what transhumanism is, to use in
conversations for example. I used to say:
"Transhumanism is the philosophy that we can and should use
technology to overcome our biological limitations and transform the
human condition."
Anders said:
> My current definition of transhumanism is: "The idea that the human
> condition can be improved above and beyond the current stage, through
> rational means in a life affirming way".
After reading this, I think I will change my one-sentence definition
to:
"Transhumanism is the idea that the human condition will
be dramatically transformed by technology and that it is a good thing
to use rational methods to overcome our biological limitations."
What do you other people say when somebody asks you "What is
transhumanism?"?
_____________________________________________________
Nick Bostrom
Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
London School of Economics
n.bostrom@lse.ac.uk
http://www.hedweb.com/nickb
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