Transhumanism merges tool-making and myth-making

What will we make of ourselves? The question is no longer figurative; it’s literal. Biotechnology and genetic engineering are giving us new tools to reshape ourselves, at both the individual and the species level. My new book Utopia Is Creepy — out today— concludeswith an essay, “The Daedalus Mission,” that tries to make senseof radical human enhancement, or “transhumanism.” Aeon isfeaturingexcerpts from the essay (mainly the beginning and the ending). Here’s a little more, from the middle:

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