tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post500786736970333528..comments2024-03-11T07:26:04.670-05:00Comments on Posthuman Blues: The posthuman conditionMachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-59933520852010498282009-02-08T22:06:00.000-06:002009-02-08T22:06:00.000-06:00Homo Evolutis....and yet, with every frail human f...<I>Homo Evolutis....and yet, with every frail human foible in place and, dare I suggest it, magnified by the very technology we choose to hide it with.</I><BR/><BR/>I reluctantly concur. I think the first responsibilities of transhumanism are the alleviation of suffering and the realization of fundamental rights of all human beings. Unfortunately, there's a pronounced techno-authoritarian vein running through the transhumanist vision, although it's largely subliminal or disregarded by even some of the most well-intentioned advocates.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-39110954741342479122009-02-08T12:05:00.000-06:002009-02-08T12:05:00.000-06:00AND that....by gAWD....is the very impetus for thi...AND that....by gAWD....is the very impetus for this piece of work. Perfect. A-Rodger...Houston, we have liftoff.<BR/><BR/>Homo Evolutis....and yet, with every frail human foible in place and, dare I suggest it, magnified by the very technology we choose to hide it with.<BR/><BR/>We are the capering fool, the drooling god-child and so intent on grasping what we do not understand.BG Dodsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06781353558372397870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-88153754392409193812009-02-08T04:02:00.000-06:002009-02-08T04:02:00.000-06:00Very scary indeedVery scary indeedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-31514170169541866162009-02-07T07:34:00.000-06:002009-02-07T07:34:00.000-06:00Improving the hardware just makes the errors in th...Improving the hardware just makes the errors in the software more efficient. Utility and consumerism merge to form designer automatons who cant see past their own navel, or for that matter, self interest.Bruce Duensinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06770861553045757360noreply@blogger.com