This thoughtful article was written by Derek Mead, Editor-in-Chief of VICE Motherboard, and includes discussion of many prominent transhumanists’ ideas, including some of my own. Here is an excerpt: “So are we our own masters, or, by seeking for the future, are we also searching for one? Its an interesting question, but only because of the way weve framed the ethics of death. I really like something that Gennady Stolyarov, a transhumanist who wrote a childrens book about death, told Fast Company. “’Ultimately, there is an evolutionary dynamic in there,’ Stolyarov said. ‘The people who choose not to terminate their own lives … are the ones who are going to determine the course of our culture, our philosophy, everyone elses attitudes.’ “In other words, only the people who not only accept that death sucks, but act on it, are going to be the ones making the rules down the line. “If true, it represents a fundamental shift in power dynamics in human culture.” motherboard.vice/read/stares-off-at-the-horizon
Posted on: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 03:05:38 +0000
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