Tuesday, August 30, 2005

James J. Hughes "Unitarian Universalism and Transhumanism" 2005


Having a variety of interests here. In this case the future meeting of electronics, biology, people, and religion.
I expect UUs to be critical transhumanists, pushing technoutopians to remember the current needs of the world’s poor, for clean water, adequate shelter and decent wages.

I also expect UUs to engage with and be critical of the embarrassingly religious dimensions of the transhumanist idea – at least embarrassing for the largely secular transhumanists – with its promises of immortality, magical abilities, a coming TechnoRapture.

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