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Transhumanism! It’s the belief that humanity can evolve past its physical and mental limits with tech. “The Singularity” will bring us a wicked advanced AI, which will let us upload ourselves to the machine!

A Transhumanist Writes in Gizmodo: Transhumanism Isn’t a New Idea -- It’s Been Around Since the 18th Century. But the Movement Is. It Emerged in the 1990s. Thank the Internet

The Guardian Interviews a Transhumanist: By 2100, We Could Have the Chance to Ditch These “Ape-Brained Meat Sacks”!

Some transhumanists are into biohacking, which sometimes means putting hardware into your body via DIY surgery. Interesting Engineering writes on a transhumanist blogger who has 50+ “chips, magnets, and antennae” in her body

Bigthink.com thinks we’re sort of all transhumanists already: We take vitamins and medicine, don’t we?

Freethink Agrees: We’re Basically Cyborgs Now Anyway. Watch Their Video Here

In 2020, a Transhumanist -- Zoltan Istvan -- ran for President. National Review wasn’t a fan: The media’s love for Istvan is scary! Transhumanism could lead to the end of freedom as we know it

NY Magazine agrees: Transhumanism relies on elitism and techno-capitalism -- These people usually don’t believe in democracy or equality

Evolution News isn’t a fan of transhumanism, either: It’s just repackaged eugenics. It values certain ways of life over others! Ugh

Reason Magazine doesn’t see it that way: Transhumanism can be consistent with libertarianism! It lets people choose who and how they want to be

The NY Review: Transhumanism is pretty similar to religion, actually. After all, most religions hinge on the belief that human beings are unique and greater than their biology. And, like religion, who knows if it’s real?

MindMatters interviews a transhumanist expert, who admits there are religious elements here. But in the end, it embraces an anti-Christian world

That’s bad! says The Federalist. Transhumanists want to replace God w/ tech! Before we know it, transhumanist tech will creep into our lives, whether we like it or not

Want an Example of Transhumanism Gone Wrong? Vice Says to Check Out S2, Ep 4 of Westworld

OTOH, the Black Mirror episode “San Junipero” showed the pros of transhumanism. Remember that proposal scene?? Watch it here