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Transhumanism! Well now...
Transhumanism is the idea and movement that proposes we should transform humans, via technology, into nonhumans. H+ (Human plus) and later >H (greater than Human). While we are in some sense, from the earliest ages, transhumance given our extensive and today insanely intensive use and reliance on technology, the boundary between humans and our tools, as important as these tools are, has been relatively clear: Inside and outside. The tools are outside, we're the tool users. We're the Inside. We can now change this and move the tools inside. And perhaps, move us outside.
2 issues,
a) Can we transport our persons into machines ("digital technology")?
b) Can we transport machines into our persons so that these devices eventually replace much of us? Even all?
Let's chat!
Cheers~
Dr. Lee Basham
PS. While I liked Pink Floyd when I was 14, I still find some residue of value in their foresight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt-udg9zQSE
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