Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. a philosophy favouring the use of science and technology, especially neurotechnology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology, to overcome human limitations and improve the human condition
Examples
“What would be truly compelling: a world where "transhumanism" is an accepted practice, individuals do not mistake "existence" with "significance", and the most profound philosophical question is "What purpose do I serve by continuing to live?”
“The word transhumanism consciously evokes the tradition of humanism, i.e. the secular view of man as the "center" of the moral universe.”
“Everything that today goes by the name transhumanism is a mistake and a misunderstanding.”
“It's called transhumanism, or altering the human body through biotechnology.”
“To the undiluted, unadulterated, uncompromising original core of transhumanism, that is.”
“A philosophy known as transhumanism sees humans taking charge of their evolution and transcending their biological limitations via technology.”
“Dimitris Yeros Mr. Arakawa and Ms. Gins's work is based loosely on a movement known as "transhumanism," and is premised on the idea that people degenerate and die in part because they live in spaces that are too comfortable.”
The Wall Street Journal: Quest For Immortality Hits a Financial Snag
“The pair's work, based loosely on a movement known as "transhumanism," is premised on the idea that people degenerate and die in part because they live in spaces that are too comfortable.”
The Wall Street Journal: Couple's Dreams of Immortality at Death's Door, Thanks to Madoff
“Recent movements such as transhumanism and abolitionism project a future in which suffering will be transcended with drugs and technology.”
“In my own writing I try to emphasize the intersection between "transhumanism" and disability rights through asserting that people ought to have the right to configure their own bodies and maintain certain configurations that suit them without being coerced or discriminated against.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘transhumanism’.
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science fact or fiction
pretty open-ended here—terms, ideas, lingo, technologies and phenomena (real or postulated) that are, were, should be or could be used in speculative fiction
tachyon, mecha, dropship, wetware, meatspace, nanobot, cloned meat, asteroid mining, hyperdrive, wormhole, parallel universe, distributed intel... and 464 more...
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hashtags
*possibly* some interesting / noteworthy twitter hashtags
( randomness )tfoh, omgfacts, girlthings, gothgirlproblems, deepthoughts, scriptchat, fml, girldictionary, respect, facepalm, skill, quote and 28 more...
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Transhumanity
Cribbed from Transhumanist Terminology at aleph.se, which has definitions, and is itself based on the Lextropicon.
adhocracy, aeonomics, a-life, agoric system, ai, ai-complete, aleph, algernon, amortalist, arachniography, arch-anarchy, arcology and 333 more...
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singularity
technological singularity in the Kurzweil meaning
evolution, exponential, artificial intell..., extropism, transhumanism, matrioshka brain, computronium, toposophy
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AbraxasZugzwang's Words
atavism, abraxas, sisyphean, frust, fetus-in-fetu, arhythmically, queef, epidemiology, abecedarian, troglodyte, chiaroscuro, philology and 631 more...
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bertilak's Words
antidisestablishm..., feldercarb, wainscoting, eleemosynary, oxymoron, fuliginous, libration, lammergeier, saxifrage, ichor, lambent, smaragdine and 414 more...
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yuck words
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arnon's Words
treatise, enthrall, nimble, hinder, serene, transhumanism, meliorism, denote, apropos, equivalence, valence, orthogonal and 156 more...
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Science Fiction Double Feature
cyberpunk, postcyberpunk, sci-fi, steampunk, techsploitation, dystopia, transhumanism, posthuman, future, skiffy, comlink, transmogrifier and 38 more...
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Panaceaseless
Various concepts that might surround The Fountain of Youth.
yearling, revirescent, juvenescent, neanimorphism, horapthia, voice lift, paedomorphism, shunamitism, torschlusspanik, roborant, rejuvenation, ageless and 63 more...
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karyotypic's Words
weltanschuang, weltschmerz, otaku, karyotype, transkaryotic, transhumanism, onanism, feuille, transoxiana
Tweets
Looking for tweets for transhumanism.
nuxiy 21st century eugenics Mar 25, 2009
whichbe A term often used as a synonym for "human enhancement", is an international, intellectual and cultural movement supporting the use of science and technology to enhance human mental and physical abilities and aptitudes, and overcome what it regards as undesirable and unnecessary aspects of the human condition, such as disability, suffering, disease, aging and involuntary death. Transhumanist thinkers study the possibilities and consequences of developing and using human enhancement techniques and other emerging technologies for these purposes. (Wikipedia) May 20, 2008