Transhumanists put their faith in technology

Humanity is on its way out. Post-humanity–technologically enhanced and perhaps even immortal–is coming.
The stuff of science fiction is creed to transhumanists, a diverse group of technological optimists who advocate the transformation of Homo sapiens into a new species, one “better than human.”
Transhumanists see our era of rapid technological advance as the transitional phase between our human past and post-human future. Cochlear implants, artificial joints, genetic engineering, mood-altering and memory-enhancing drugs–all are preludes to an era when people will routinely enhance their brains, improve their bodies and perhaps live forever . . .
[Chicago Tribune Published May 28, 2004

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