[ExI] Bodies

[Lee Corbin]

Natasha quotes the

> *TRANSHUMAN STATEMENT*
> 
> We are transhumans
> Our art integrates the most eminent progression
> of creativity and sensibility
> merged by discovery.
> 
> Transhumanist Arts represent the aesthetic and creative culture of 
> transhumanity.
> Transhumanist Artists are developing new and varied modes of art. 
> Our aesthetics and expressions are merging with science and technology in
> designing increased sensory experiences.
> 
> Transhumans want to improve and extend life.
> We are designing the technologies to improve and extend life.
> Emotions are integral to our senses and understanding.
> We are designing the technologies to enhance our senses and understanding.
> 
> The transhumanist ecology and freedom exercises self-awareness and 
> self-responsibility.
> If our art represents who we are, then let us choose to be transhumanist
> not only in our bodies, but in our future existences, and in our values.
> Transhumanist Artists embrace the creative innovations of transhumanity.
> We are ardent activists in pursuing infinite transformation, overcoming 
> death and exploring the universe. 
> 
> Transhumans want to improve and extend life.
> We are designing the technologies to improve and extend life.
> Emotions are integral to our senses and understanding.
> We are designing the technologies to enhance our senses and understanding.
> 
> As Transhumanist Arts come into focus
> As more artists join our efforts
> As more designs are produced
> As more music is composed
> As more stories are written
> As the tools and ideas of our art continue to evolve,
> So too shall we.
> 
> http://www.transhumanist.biz/

without giving much of a clue as to how she views those who,
for example, employ the term "meat cages".

I don't happen to use that term because it's unnecessarily
demeaning to a rather wonderful machine---but there is a
widely shared view hiding therein that I too embrace: the
sooner we can escape into safer, widely distributed---and
disembodied---hardware, the better.

Perhaps all of us who do embrace the transhumanist vision
do in fact agree about this, for once.

Lee