Transhumanism Is Not A Big Truck

[krinndnz]

So, I have some New Friends.  Hello, New Friends!   The spark of new friendship springs from a shared interest in transhumanism, so I suppose I should put on my pontificating hat and scratch out a few words about it.

I like to sum up transhumanism as the philosophy of "you know what?  we could all be really awesome."   It's a philosophical-

Comments

from the Manhandling-the-Beavers-of-Power-Dept.

[acertaindoebear]

I think the world could use more tigers.

And perhaps wolves.

And maybe bears.

Going on to what you are saying, I imagine a world where everyone is free to express themselves, but who are there for each other. A world where Imagination is recognized globally as Something Important. Where we have learned how to try on thoughts for size, to see how they work, how they affect us.

I think things like Buddhism are going to be incorporated more and more as ways of dealing with change.

A world where journeys into Inner Space will happen as much as journeys into Outer Space, with Travel Agencies and Explorers...ahh, just imagine, Memenauts travelling ones thoughts through Wittgensteinian space. Ooo.

[krinndnz]

I'm moderately proud of my "we could all be really awesome" formulation.

And yeah - I dig Zen because Zen has a certain handle on memetics. It's of a piece with how I want to study with the Jesuits because they get the power of ideas. That's one of the things that draws me towards religious traditions, if not institutions - the cerebronauts, the Sufis, the monks, etc.

Also definitely looking forward to ad-hoc task-oriented hive minds.