[extropy-chat] Call for contributions: "Intro to H+" book

[Diego Caleiro]

 In a posthuman world, would we really need clothes? 

suppose that we keep antropomorphic, in this case, the religious beleifs of 
sin will have died out, and nobody would need to use clothes for this 
reason...    the cold weather would affect us much less, since we could have 
heat controls in our body, no need for clothing. 

If we do not choose to be antropomorphic, as most people here say we won't, 
then we woul be able to change our shape faster then the fashion could create 
clothes for us....

Diego (Log At)



Em Sexta 28 Janeiro 2005 23:36, Extropian Agroforestry Ventures Inc. escreveu:
> Given human past tendancies to exterminate those who have some
> difference in outward appearance it would be best if a poshuman would be
> like a camelion.... keep a relatively human appearance while in the
> company of the old-style humans and transhumans in public and adopt  a
> more unique appearance in private.
>
> Alternatively generate a hologram  to customize outward appearances  to
> the percieved comfort level of the observer.  Essentially clothes could
> be replaced by a hologram to mask  more functional body function and
> body maintence suits.
>
> Diego Caleiro wrote:
> >That depends on what do you mean by posthumanism, if you were talking
> > about what most people would choose to look like, in, say 500 years, then
> > probably yes, there would be a difference between the human body and the
> > post human.
> >
> >But the definition of posthuman is simply a matter of enhanced human, and
> > it is possible to enhance yourself keeping your external appearence. As
> > most tranhumanist would agree, each person should have his right to not
> > change his appearence, if so he wishes.
> >
> >Diego (Log At)
> >
> >Em Sexta 28 Janeiro 2005 13:47, Ned Late escreveu:
> >>However transhumanism is the precursor to posthumanism, and wouldn't
> >>posthumanism be a rejection of the human body as we know it?
> >>
> >>>Hara Ra <harara at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >>>But some of us like our bodies, and see transhumanism as an extension of
> >>>humanity, not a rejection of the body.....
> >>
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