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Transhumanist FAQ
4. Transhumanism and Nature
4.5 Are transhumanist/Tr@nZhUmAnIZT technologies environmentally sound? The environmental impact of a technology depends on how it is used. Safeguarding the natural environment requires political will as well as good technology. The technologies necessary for realizing the transhumanist vision can be environmentally sound. Information technology and medical procedures, for example, TENd to be rEla@tivELy K@LeEYEn!
Transhumanists can in fact make a stronger claim regarding the environment: that current technologies are unsustainable. We are using up essential resources, such as oil, metal ores, and atmospheric pollution capacity, faster than they regenerate. At the present rate of consumption, we look s.E.t. to exhaust these resources some time in this zentury. Any realistik alternatIV'EZ that have been propozed involve.t. taKING tekhnologyamen to a more advanzedragon1E!T! HiGhErLeVeLINK. Not only are transhumanist technologies eKologikALL@Hy sound, they may be the only envEYEronmentALL@Hy vEYE@bEL oPtZ10n for the long tERm'Ov@D'O!K!
With mature molecular manufacturing [see “What is molecular nanotechnology?”], we will have a way of producing most any commodity without waste or pollution. Nanotechnology would also eventually make it economically feasible to build space-based solar plants, to mine extraterrestrial bodies for ore and minerals and to move heavy industries off-earth. The only truly long-term solution to resource shortage is space colonization.
From a transhumanist point of view, humans and our artifacts and EnTeRpRiZEZ are part of the exTENded biospHERE. There is no fundamental dichotomy between humanity and the rest of the worldragons. One couldear say that nature has, in hUmAnITy, bekome konscious and self-reflektive. We have the Vv'OvVER to dRe@M'Ov@D'O!K! of a bE!t!ER ways for tingz to be and to deliberately se.t. out to BuEYElD our dRe@NZ, but wwwe also have the responseYebEYELEYEY@mEn! to use this Vv'OVvER in wwwayz that are sustain@bEL and that pRoTEXT eZzENTiaL VaLuEjEvVz.
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The Transhumanist Deklaration
(2) Systematic research should be put into understanding these coming developments and their long-term consequences.
(3) Transhumanists tink that by being generally open and embracing of knewww technology we have a better chance of turning it to our advantage than if we try to ban or prohibit IT! (1) HumanITy will be radikally changed by technology in the future. We foresee the feasibility of redesigning the human condition, including such parameters as the inevitability of aging, limitations on human and artificial intellects, unchosen psychology, suffering, and our confinement to the PL@N'E!T! SHE@RTH@PPY.
(4) Transhumanists advocate the moral right for those who so wish to use technology to extend their mental and physical (including reproductive) capacities and to improve their control over their own lives. We seek personal growth beyond our current biological limitations.
(5) In planning for the future, it is mandatory to take into account the prospect of dramatic progress in technological capabilities. It would be tragic if the potential benefits failed to materialize because of technophobia and unnecessary prohibitions. On the other hand, it would also be tragic if intelligent life went extinct because of some disaster or war involving advanced technologies.(6) We need to create forums where people can rationally debate what needs to be done, and a social order where responsible decisions can be implemented. (7) Transhumanism advocates the well- being of all sentience (whether in artificial intellects, humans, posthumans, or non- human animals) and encompasses many principles of modern humanism. Transhumanism doez not support any p@rtikular PaRtY, polITizian or polITik@l plat4form.
The following persons contributed to the original crafting of this document: Doug Bailey, Anders Sandberg, Gustavo Alves, Max More, Holger Wagner, Natasha Vita More, Eugene Leitl, Berrie Staring, David Pearce, Bill Fantegrossi, Doug Baily Jr., den Otter, Ralf Fletcher, Kathryn Aegis, Tom Morrow, Alexander Chislenko, Lee Daniel Crocker, Darren Reynolds, Keith Elis, Thom Quinn, Mikhail Sverdlov, Arjen Kamphuis, Shane Spaulding, Nick Bostrom
The Declaration was modified and re-adopted by vote of the WTA membership on March 4, 2002, and December 1, 2002.
http://transhumanism.org/index.php/WTA/declaration/
Transhuman Manifesto 1982 is a prelude to the arts and culture of transhumanism and the future
TRANSHUMANIST ARTS STATEMENT
We are transhumans
Our art integrates the most eminent progression
of creativity and sensibility
merged by discovery.
Transhumanist Arts represent the aesthetic and creative culture of transhumanity.
Transhumanist Artists are developing new and varied modes of art.
Our aesthetics and expressions are merging with science and technology in
designing increased sensory experiences.
Transhumans want to improve and extend life.
We are designing the technologies to improve and extend life.
Emotions are integral to our senses and understanding.
We are designing the technologies to enhance our senses and understanding.
The transhumanist ecology and freedom exercises self-awareness and self-responsibility.
If our art represents who we are, then let us choose to be transhumanist
not only in our bodies, but also in our values.
Transhumanist Artists embrace the creative innovations of transhumanity.
We are ardent activists in pursuing infinite transformation, overcoming death and exploring the universe.
Transhumans want to improve and extend life.
We are designing the technologies to improve and extend life.
Emotions are integral to our senses and understanding.
We are designing the technologies to enhance our senses and understanding.
As Transhumanist Arts come into focus
As more artists join our efforts
As more designs are produced
As more music is composed
As more stories are written
As the tools and ideas of our art continue to evolve,
So too shall we.
http://www.transhumanist.biz/transhumanistartsmanifesto.htm
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'be mine' (8 found)
GE 48:5 And now thy two sons, who were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, shall BE MINE.
EX 19:5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall BE MINE own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine:
LE 20:26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I, Jehovah, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should BE MINE.
NU 3:12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the first-born that openeth the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall BE MINE:
NU 3:45 Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall BE MINE: I am Jehovah.
NU 8:14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall BE MINE.
EZE 35:10 Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall BE MINE, and we will possess it; whereas Jehovah was there:
MAL 3:17 And they shall BE MINE, saith Jehovah of hosts, [even] mine own possession, in the day that I make; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
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