tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post1964101956684446757..comments2023-11-22T01:14:54.298-08:00Comments on amor mundi: Twitterscrum With Ramez Naam on the Transhuman TermDale Carricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-86706524310601622812015-04-11T07:04:03.829-07:002015-04-11T07:04:03.829-07:00> [I]s it inappropriate to describe X as an ext...> [I]s it inappropriate to describe X as an extropian or singularitarian<br />> transhumanist, for example, given his conspicuously transhumaist<br />> ideas, citations, and associations, even if he disapproves that<br />> moniker for whatever reasons? Sometimes there would seem to be<br />> fairly cynical public relations considerations driving the<br />> resistance to such labeling. . .<br /><br />http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/08/28/singularity_transhumanism_humanity_what_word_should_we_use_to_discuss_the.html<br />-----------------<br />Singularity or Transhumanism: What Word Should We Use to Discuss the Future?<br />by Zoltan Istvan<br />Aug. 28 2014<br /><br />Singularity. Posthuman. Techno-Optimism, Cyborgism. Humanity+.<br />Immortalist. Machine intelligence. Biohacker. Robotopia.<br />Life extension. Transhumanism.<br /><br />These are all terms thrown around trying to describe a future in<br />which mind uploading, indefinite lifespans, artificial intelligence,<br />and bionic augmentation may (and I think will) help us to become<br />far more than just human. They are words you hear in a MIT robotics<br />laboratory, or on a launch site of SpaceX, or on Reddit’s Futurology<br />channel. <br /><br />This word war is a clash of intellectual ideals. It goes something<br />like this: The singularity people (many at Singularity University)<br />don't like the term transhumanism. Transhumanists don't like<br />posthumanism. Posthumanists don’t like cyborgism. And cyborgism<br />advocates don't like the life extension tag. If you arrange the<br />groups in any order, the same enmity occurs. All sides are wary<br />of others, fearing they might lose ground in bringing the future<br />closer in precisely their way.<br /><br />While there is overlap, each name represents a unique camp of thought,<br />strategy, and possible historical outcome for the people pushing<br />their vision of the future. . .<br /><br />The word transhumanism has also long been in use, pushed by philosophers<br />like Max More, David Pearce, and Nick Bostrom. However, until recently,<br />it remained mostly a cult word, used by smaller futurist associations,<br />tech blogs, and older male academics interested in describing radical<br />technology revolutionizing the human experience. Two years ago, a<br />Google search of the word transhumanism —- which literally means<br />beyond human -— brought up about 100,000 pages. What a difference a<br />few years makes. Today, the word transhumanism now returns almost<br />2 million pages on Google. And dozens of large social media groups<br />on Facebook and Google+ -— consisting of every type of race, age group,<br />sexual orientation, heritage, religion, and nationality -— have transhuman<br />in their titles. It’s also the term that I’m backing, even though I’m<br />not sure it will win out. . .<br />====<br /><br />Things have come to a pretty pass<br />Our romance is growing flat,<br />For you like this and the other<br />While I go for this and that,<br /><br />Goodness knows what the end will be<br />Oh I don't know where I'm at<br />It looks as if we two will never be one<br />Something must be done. . .<br /><br />Vanilla vanella chocolate strawberry<br />Let's call the whole thing off. . .jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.com