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Transhumanism

Community for transhumanists, discussion of transhumanism, news about transhumanism-adjacent technologies, information on related technologies, transhumanist philosophy, and things you are doing now personally or in an organisation to push forward the technology and political foundations for transhumanism.

Definition of transhumanism I'm using:

The promotion of widespread access to - and development of - technology to alter, improve (by your own definitions), integrate with, or completely replace your body and control your very identity, in the name of self-determination and autonomy - up to and including immortality and total digitization, but not only that!

Also, an exploration of the consequences of the types of development associated with transhumanism and the positive and negative responses to it.

I actually use a more philosophical definition personally but this is close enough to what I think transhumanism is.

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  • Transhumanism @infosec.pub
    sapient [they/them] @infosec.pub

    cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/[email protected]/t/700828

    These early adopters found out what happened when a cutting-edge marvel became an obsolete gadget... inside their bodies.

  • Transhumanism @infosec.pub
    sapient [they/them] @infosec.pub

    An important article related morphological autonomy and self-determination.

    I think it's also worth considering this in the context of FOSS and it's ability to empower as such. Self-hosted stuff or implants that are capable of containing their own computation rather than being required to use the internet to the cloud may help with this .

  • Transhumanism @infosec.pub
    sapient [they/them] @infosec.pub

    FOSS is a Bodily/Morphological Autonomy Issue

    As implants and biotech is developing, I think it is interesting and important to consider that the technology being integrated with people's bodies and minds is essentially a part of them (note: I have more thoughts on this like how I consider "external" technology to essentially be a part of me too, but that's a whole other thing ;p).

    As such, I think it's worth elevating the importance of Free Software and Free/Open Hardware from a transhumanist activism and politics perspective. .

    If we generally consider the ability and access to control, modify, and understand your body - think things like legally having access to all your medical records - to be something like a basic human right, then Free Software and Free Hardware become more than just a fundamental aspect of the right to information and communication, and start to become an ever more important issue of basic bodily integrity.

    In the same way that things like abortion and access to trans healthcare are issues of bodily

  • Transhumanism @infosec.pub
    sapient [they/them] @infosec.pub

    cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/tech/t/55456

    If Neuralink can prove its device is safe in humans, it would still potentially take more than a decade for the start-up to secure commercial use approval

    I think this illustrates the importance of FOSS and Open Hardware for biomodification.

    Thoughts?

  • Transhumanism @infosec.pub
    sapient [they/them] @infosec.pub
  • Transhumanism @infosec.pub
    sapient [they/them] @infosec.pub
  • Transhumanism @infosec.pub
    sapient [they/them] @infosec.pub