Carpe Diem? Try Tomorrow
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humanities/philosophy
school essay
published 03/12/2007
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Initially, I sat in front of a blank page contemplating how to start the introduction, how to draw the reader in. But after an hour, it became clear to me that I could not easily conjure up a stylish lead-in with the subject matter. So here I am addressing the issue flat out. Does this make me an incapable writer?
Maybe. Whats interesting, however, is that if a writing defect does afflict me, theres some hope for a cure, at least according to a new movement called transhumanism. Transhumanism is a mixture of science, philosophy, forecasting, and yearning revolving around the premise that humans, in our current state, do not reflect their maximum evolutionary potential. The adherents of this ideology, transhumanists, claim that the integration of humans and converging scientific fields, including nanotechnology, biotechnology, and computer science, will grant the worlds most dominant species enhanced capabilities, such as immortality, great intelligence, and freedom from disease (WTA FAQ). Their ultimate vision is for every human to enhance himself to something beyond a human, a post-human, thus creating an egalitarian utopia of Supermen, eliminating the primitive issues of racism, sexism, and economic inequality.
Maybe. Whats interesting, however, is that if a writing defect does afflict me, theres some hope for a cure, at least according to a new movement called transhumanism. Transhumanism is a mixture of science, philosophy, forecasting, and yearning revolving around the premise that humans, in our current state, do not reflect their maximum evolutionary potential. The adherents of this ideology, transhumanists, claim that the integration of humans and converging scientific fields, including nanotechnology, biotechnology, and computer science, will grant the worlds most dominant species enhanced capabilities, such as immortality, great intelligence, and freedom from disease (WTA FAQ). Their ultimate vision is for every human to enhance himself to something beyond a human, a post-human, thus creating an egalitarian utopia of Supermen, eliminating the primitive issues of racism, sexism, and economic inequality.
Table of Contents
- If a writing defect does afflict me, there's some hope for a cure.
- One of the violations transhumanism commits.
- The principle of benevolence.
- How accurate are these predictions?
- The relationship between transhumanists and non-transhumanists.
