[ExI] Fwd: Transhumanism and Politics

[Samantha Atkins]

On Jan 25, 2008, at 3:42 AM, Stefano Vaj wrote:

>
> No. It simply means that you have to consider the consequences of an
> attempt to establish and enforce exclusivity in respect to radical
> longevist therapy, both at social and international level.

What makes you believe there is or will be any such attempt?  It may  
be that quite naturally the needed therapy components are expensive,  
difficult to tune properly to the individual and require massive  
expertise.   In that case the treatment would be exclusive to those  
who can afford it without any attempt to make it so whatsoever.

Your bringing up these consequences feels a lot like coercion by  
future threat without concept and even disowning as irrelevant any  
grounded ethical standards.

> You may
> still wish to do so, but in such event you should be prepared to fight
> to death, quite literally, as the other party very probably would.

See?

- samantha