Transhumanist
Working on the SF novel that's coming out in August, I've gradually come to realize that my humanism has slowly become transhumanism.
Not in the loud & loutish techbro way, but rather in a sense that humanity still has a lot of room to improve, and we desperately need to if we're to survive as a species.
Philosophically, mentally, emotionally, ideologically -- there is so much humankind needs to do if we're to survive this liminal era.
I'd been cognizant of the threat the GOP posed way back in my 20s, in the 1990s. Their conduct even then foretold where we are today. The Dems and their mawkish surrender to Capital from the Bill Clinton years onward is another part of the problem.
The world (and humanity) deserves so much better than we have going on right now. The old humanistic perceptions of our own awesomeness boil away in the face of the casual, systemic cruelty and evil we inflict on each other and the world at large.
Ergo, transhumanism. I want better for humanity. I want us to do and be better than we have been. I'm tired of the unrealistic "realists" using technology to shoot down alternatives to the status quo. They're part of the problem.
I'm sick of the sclerotic religiosity of conventional morality masquerading as "good" in a world that is so clearly not good (speaking primarily of America, here).
The fear, rage, ignorance, and hatred that's rampant in the status quo does us no favors if we're to have a future other than our extinction. Maybe we're doomed. But I try to be optimistic.
The reality for me is that I'm looking beyond humanity for some sense of our salvation, rather than believing in our innately human virtues being enough to save us. The status quo (a world ruled/owned by billionaires and corporations) is untenable.
We deserve better.
Not in the loud & loutish techbro way, but rather in a sense that humanity still has a lot of room to improve, and we desperately need to if we're to survive as a species.
Philosophically, mentally, emotionally, ideologically -- there is so much humankind needs to do if we're to survive this liminal era.
I'd been cognizant of the threat the GOP posed way back in my 20s, in the 1990s. Their conduct even then foretold where we are today. The Dems and their mawkish surrender to Capital from the Bill Clinton years onward is another part of the problem.
The world (and humanity) deserves so much better than we have going on right now. The old humanistic perceptions of our own awesomeness boil away in the face of the casual, systemic cruelty and evil we inflict on each other and the world at large.
Ergo, transhumanism. I want better for humanity. I want us to do and be better than we have been. I'm tired of the unrealistic "realists" using technology to shoot down alternatives to the status quo. They're part of the problem.
I'm sick of the sclerotic religiosity of conventional morality masquerading as "good" in a world that is so clearly not good (speaking primarily of America, here).
The fear, rage, ignorance, and hatred that's rampant in the status quo does us no favors if we're to have a future other than our extinction. Maybe we're doomed. But I try to be optimistic.
The reality for me is that I'm looking beyond humanity for some sense of our salvation, rather than believing in our innately human virtues being enough to save us. The status quo (a world ruled/owned by billionaires and corporations) is untenable.
We deserve better.
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