Apr 3, 2014
Jason Silva’s Latest: To Be Human Is to Be Transhuman
Posted by Seb in category: transhumanism
Jason Dorrier — Singularity Hub
The term ‘transhuman’ inevitably (for me) summons grotesque visions of humans and machines merging into a Borg-like race bent on eradicating biological imperfection. These creatures’ cold rationality calls it an evolutionary improvement, but to my admittedly backward biological brain, it’s a terrible thought.
I’d prefer a little less HR Giger in my future, thank you.
In his latest Shots of Awe video short, Jason Silva says forget about Hollywood’s nightmare scenarios. Humans are, by definition, transhuman. We ceaselessly invent and reinvent what it means to be human. We circumvent biological evolution with technology.