From: Brian Manning Delaney (b-delaney@uchicago.edu)
Date: Sat Aug 28 1999 - 12:31:31 MDT
Max More wrote:
> >At 01:08 PM 26/08/99 -0700, Kathryn wrote:
> >> (Although I must say I have no clue who the
> >>'transhumanist left' is.
> Really, can't we drop useless terms like "left"
> and "right" when talking about transhumanism. If
> we can think more carefully about so many issues,
> why use such meaningless and unhelpful political
> terms?
The terms themselves are definitely silly (especially when one thinks of their
origins!). But the philosophical issues surrounding the two positions denoted --
the nature of the individual, of society, and of the relation between the two --
will, in my view, be some of the last to be "solved" in the mega-tech era.
But we'll see! (I hope....)
Best,
Brian.
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