[ExI] Most Critical Review of Transhumanism

[Natasha Vita-More]

At 10:02 AM 4/8/2008, Stefano wrote:
>On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 4:10 PM, Natasha Vita-More <natasha at natasha.cc> wrote:
>I don't think Rifkin mentions transhumanism in his book (does 
>he?)    It is necessary that the criticism is of transhumanism, not 
>just biotech, nanotech or genetic engineering.
>
>
>Ah, OK, you mean critical comments on the transhumanist movement as 
>such. Let me think... 
><http://www.amazon.com/Rapture-How-Biotech-Became-Religion/dp/0738207616/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207666855&sr=1-1>Rapture: 
>How Biotech Became the New Religion. A Raucous Tour of Cloning, 
>Transhumanism, and the New Era of Immortality? But it is not *too* critical...

I am already quoting this book.  It is far better than Techgnosis as 
far as credibility is concerned, but it is not anti-transhumanist.

N


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