[extropy-chat] transhumanism as slippery slope

[ps udoname]

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> 1. The European's don't need to allow the immigration they currently allow
> if biotechnology extends healthy lifespan and the elderly choose to return
> to work (rather than be a burden on the state) or if nanotechnology makes
> need for state support unnecessary or if robots replace the functions
> performed by immigrants (or some combination of these).  The picture painted
> is *only* a done deal assuming societies remain organized as they currently
> are.
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Perhaps the question is whether these technologies appear before we get
swamped under a wave of resurgent religious fundamentalism, these
technologies get banned and liberal secular democracy becomes a thing of the
past....
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