"I don't think any transhumanist thinkers want to create a 'perfect' being; the operative goal is to empower the human species on an individual level. In a foreseeable future scenario, instead of being saddled with the genome one blindly inherits, one can choose to become an active participant - and I find that possibility incredibly liberating and exciting. Transhumanism is not eugenics." - Mac Tonnies
"A true pilot must of necessity pay attention to the seasons, the heavens, the stars, the winds, and everything proper to the craft if he is really to rule a ship." - Plato
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Thought du jour - 17 August 2011
"I don't think any transhumanist thinkers want to create a 'perfect' being; the operative goal is to empower the human species on an individual level. In a foreseeable future scenario, instead of being saddled with the genome one blindly inherits, one can choose to become an active participant - and I find that possibility incredibly liberating and exciting. Transhumanism is not eugenics." - Mac Tonnies
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