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The Next Evolution: Exploring Transhumanism's Pros and Cons

Discover the concept of transhumanism, breaking human limitations by integrating technology into the human body. Explore its benefits like morphological freedom and potential drawbacks such as expense and ethical dilemmas. Uncover the risks and rewards of embracing posthuman advancements.

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The Next Evolution: Exploring Transhumanism's Pros and Cons

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  1. Victor Navarro Regan New Transhumanismh+

  2. What is transhumanism? • Breaking limitations • Morphological freedom • Next step in human evolution • “Posthuman” • Precursors • Prosthetics • Modern medicine • Artificial organs • Pacemaker

  3. Hugh Herr at TEDMED 2010

  4. Pros • Robotic/Synthetic limbs and organs • Stronger social integration • Reduction/Elimination of aging and disease • Neural and visual implants • Augmented reality/HUD

  5. Negative Impact of Transhumanism

  6. Expense • The disabled pay hundreds, even thousands to overcome their disability • Today's prosthetic limbs cost between $5,000 to $8,000 while today's transhuman prosthetic limbs can cost over $20,000 • Parts wear and tear

  7. Superiority • Transhumans may view normal humans as inferior • Repetition of Nazi Germany and the Master Race • In the wrong hands, the technology may lead to global catastrophe

  8. Overpopulation • The elimination of disease leads to less deaths, but more people • China already experiences overpopulation

  9. What separates humanity from other species? • Replacing limbs and organs with machinery and robotics, and utilizing nanotechnology to eliminate disease • When does a human stop being a human?

  10. Likelihood?A brief timeline

  11. Ethical Analysis • Utilitarianism: Would a technologically-based ascension of the human species as a whole bring about more happiness than despair? • Virtue Ethics: Would the pursuit of what transhumanism promises be considered virtuous? • Benevolence • Generosity

  12. Questions?

  13. Sources • http://www.nickbostrom.com/papers/history.pdf • http://www.nickbostrom.com/ethics/transhumanist.pdf • Hugh Herr at TEDMED 2010

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