Transhumanism… The Shape of Things to Come?

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Transhumanism… The Shape of Things to Come? ^(https://digitalculturesandtranslation.com/goto/https://storiesbywilliams.com/2012/09/14/transhumanism-the-shape-of-things-to-come/)

“Your mind is software. Program it. Your body is a shell. Change it. Death is a disease. Cure it. Extinction is approaching. Fight it.”

-Eclipse Phrase

A lot of terms are thrown around these days that allude to the possible shape of our future. Words like Technological Singularity, extropianism, postmortal, posthuman, and Transhuman. What do these words mean? What kind of future do they point to?

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Can you imagine a “post-mortal” future where death, scarcity and the many problems we face today are no longer an issue? Would such future be sustainable? Storiesbywilliams discusses why such a trend might be desirable or even inevitable.

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