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Transhumanism (often rendered as H+ or h+) is a philosophy which seeks to use advance technology in order to augment the human condition, as well as encourage the usage of other, often emerging technology. This often includes hypothetical or nascent technologies such as digital immortality, advance cybernetics, and cryogenics.[1]
The ultimate goals of proponents of Transhumanism are often that of preparing for things such as the technological singularity, which Transhumanists often claim to be both inevitable and beneficial to humanity, contributing to developing social scientific fields such as futurology, attempting to gain some form of immortality, or otherwise some remedy for biological aging in the near-future, and researching hypothetical threats and rewards that many new technologies could bring to humanity.[2]
Transhumanist philosophy has, however, seen a large degree of criticism from outside its movement. This criticism is often directed towards Transhumanists' Utopian view of society and economic development, particularly their apathy towards understanding class-society, and the threats of even greater economic stratification, the potential moral concerns that would come with their ideas, and their often overly optimistic view of specific technologies.[3]
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References
- ↑ "What is Transhumanism?". Whatistranshumanism.org. Retrieved 2022-8-17.
- ↑ Antonio Regaladoarchive (2019-8-16). "The transhumanists who want to live forever" MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2022-8-18.
- ↑ Richard Saage (2013). New man in utopian and transhumanist perspective. Springer Science+Business Media.