The biologist Julian Huxley is generally regarded as the founder of "transhumanism", coining the term in an article written in 1957:
"Up till now human life has generally been, as Hobbes described it, ‘nasty, brutish and short’; the great majority of human beings (if they have not already died young) have been afflicted with misery… we can justifiably hold the belief that these lands of possibility exist, and that the present limitations and miserable frustrations of our existence could be in large measure surmounted… The human species can, if it wishes, transcend itself —- not just sporadically, an individual here in one way, an individual there in another way, but in its entirety, as humanity."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumanism
WE, as TIs, have the knowledge through experience that humans have developed brain computer interfaces to the ponit that they know every thought we have in our minds. By reading the brain, the read, and control, the mind. When you research trans-humanism you see that this level of technology is not yet supposed to have been in existence. Humans have in fact mapped the brain and may be uploading it into a construct of some sort. In fact, some of us may have brain clones, where our brains are reproduced to the point that and in such a way that the clone is conscious. It is frightful to think that we are being used in such a way. And it is exciting to know that we may be on the verge of immortality! What will decide who have access to this tech, so all persons who choose to can better themselves by way of technological advancements? Right now those we call the perps are making those choices for us. WE need to understand how our situation truly sits and start thinking about how to support the Trans-humanist messages of equal rights of all humans to advancing technology that advances the cause s of humanity into the unending future. Others must understand the need to create an unclassified, public forum for how to undo what inequalities have been put into place by those who currently abuse the power that mind tech has given them. If a change in power structure is going to be made, a plan of action needs to be put into place to 'level out the playing feild' and choose for ourselves how and if we are to use this tech on ourselves.
The need for this choice as a right should be apparent to those who see trans-humanism as an abomination. For those who say they look forward to a Life in heaven after death, you would not want to be caught alive forever in manmade construct not of your liking. You need the right to say 'no' to this tech just as much as I have a right to access it. SO think about looking into this movement, Trans-humanism and what it truly teaches. We have hope, lets move before its too late. There is no God who is going to save us, we must do it ourselves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU1-YFbAifA
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