Transhumanism
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| - | A [[philosophy]] favouring the use of [[science]] and [[technology]], especially [[neurotechnology]], [[biotechnology]], and [[nanotechnology]], to overcome [[human]] [[limitation]]s and improve the [[human condition]] | + | '''Transhumanism''' (abbreviated as '''H+''' or '''h+''') is an international [[intellectual|intellectual movement]] that aims to transform the [[human condition]] by developing and making widely available sophisticated technologies to greatly [[human enhancement|enhance human]] intellect and physiology. |
| - | ===Related terms=== | + | Transhumanist thinkers study the potential benefits and dangers of [[emerging technologies]] that could overcome fundamental human limitations as well as the [[technoethics|ethical]] limitations of using such technologies. The most common transhumanist thesis is that human beings may eventually be able to transform themselves into different beings with abilities so greatly expanded from the current condition as to merit the label of [[posthuman#Transhumanism|posthuman]] beings. |
| - | *[[transhuman]] | + | |
| - | *[[transhumanist]] | + | The contemporary meaning of the term "transhumanism" was foreshadowed by one of the first professors of [[Futures studies|futurology]], [[FM-2030]], who taught "new concepts of the human" at [[The New School]] in the 1960s, when he began to identify people who adopt technologies, lifestyles and [[worldview]]s "transitional" to posthumanity as "[[transhuman]]". The assertion would lay the intellectual groundwork for the British philosopher [[Max More]] to begin articulating the principles of transhumanism as a [[futurist]] philosophy in 1990, and organizing in [[California]] an [[intelligentsia]] that has since grown into the worldwide transhumanist movement. |
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| + | Influenced by seminal works of [[science fiction]], the transhumanist vision of a transformed future humanity has attracted many supporters and detractors from a wide range of perspectives, including philosophy and religion. | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
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| + | * ''[[The Beginning of Infinity]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Directed evolution (transhumanism)]] | ||
| + | * [[Do-it-yourself biology]] | ||
| + | * [[Egotheism]] | ||
| + | * [[Global brain]] | ||
| + | * [[Fringe science]] | ||
| + | * [[Human enhancement]] | ||
| + | * [[Immortality]] | ||
| + | * [[Kardashev scale]] | ||
| + | * [[Liberal eugenics]] | ||
| + | * [[Meliorism]] | ||
| + | * [[Participant evolution]] | ||
| + | * [[Perfectionism (philosophy)]] | ||
| + | * [[Posthumanization]] | ||
| + | * [[Quantified Self]] | ||
| + | * [[Respirocyte]] | ||
| + | * [[Russian cosmism]] | ||
| + | * ''[[TechnoCalyps]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Technological dystopia]] | ||
| + | * [[Technological utopia]] | ||
| + | * [[Three Laws of Transhumanism]] | ||
| + | * [[Übermensch]] | ||
| + | * [[Metabolic supermice]] | ||
| + | * [[Life extension]] | ||
| + | * [[Technological singularity]] | ||
| + | * [[Yuval Noah Harari]] | ||
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Transhumanism (abbreviated as H+ or h+) is an international intellectual movement that aims to transform the human condition by developing and making widely available sophisticated technologies to greatly enhance human intellect and physiology.
Transhumanist thinkers study the potential benefits and dangers of emerging technologies that could overcome fundamental human limitations as well as the ethical limitations of using such technologies. The most common transhumanist thesis is that human beings may eventually be able to transform themselves into different beings with abilities so greatly expanded from the current condition as to merit the label of posthuman beings.
The contemporary meaning of the term "transhumanism" was foreshadowed by one of the first professors of futurology, FM-2030, who taught "new concepts of the human" at The New School in the 1960s, when he began to identify people who adopt technologies, lifestyles and worldviews "transitional" to posthumanity as "transhuman". The assertion would lay the intellectual groundwork for the British philosopher Max More to begin articulating the principles of transhumanism as a futurist philosophy in 1990, and organizing in California an intelligentsia that has since grown into the worldwide transhumanist movement.
Influenced by seminal works of science fiction, the transhumanist vision of a transformed future humanity has attracted many supporters and detractors from a wide range of perspectives, including philosophy and religion.
See also
- The Beginning of Infinity
- Directed evolution (transhumanism)
- Do-it-yourself biology
- Egotheism
- Global brain
- Fringe science
- Human enhancement
- Immortality
- Kardashev scale
- Liberal eugenics
- Meliorism
- Participant evolution
- Perfectionism (philosophy)
- Posthumanization
- Quantified Self
- Respirocyte
- Russian cosmism
- TechnoCalyps
- Technological dystopia
- Technological utopia
- Three Laws of Transhumanism
- Übermensch
- Metabolic supermice
- Life extension
- Technological singularity
- Yuval Noah Harari
