Transhumanism's Utopian Fantasyland

I wouldn't mind transhumanism's fantasies -- eternal life, uploading minds into computers, changing our bodies so we can fly. Whatever. Whatever gets people through the night.

I don't think it will ever happen. But: The movement is driven by a neurotic fear of suffering -- terror of death -- and a loathing of the normalvicissitudes of human living.

In short, transhumanistsare on a quasi-religious quest to gain hyper-control over every aspect of living. Add it up, and you have a distinctly Utop...