Posthuman Blues

Do You Believe in Science? (review of "Rapture: How Biotech Became the New Religion")

"Throughout history, humans have been obsessed with transcending the body and living forever. Until very recently, this primarily manifested as one religion or another. But over the past several decades, and especially the past several years, the promise of science in general and biotechnology in particular has given rise to a new cultural phenomenon, one now widely referred to as transhumanism."

Finally -- someone's addressing transhumanism from an anthropological standpoint.