[ExI] Israel and Transhumanism article in H+

Stefano Vaj stefano.vaj at gmail.com
Wed May 19 16:59:56 UTC 2010


On 19 May 2010 01:11, John Grigg <possiblepaths2050 at gmail.com> wrote:
> An excellent H+ article about how Israel is becoming a center of
> transhumanist technologies and thinking.  I admit to finding a great
> deal of irony in this development.
>
> Next up, the state of Utah and the Mormon faith? hee
>
> http://hplusmagazine.com/articles/politics/israel%E2%80%99s-value-transhumanism

I haven't read the article yet, but while Israel used to be, according
to an old poll, the country the most hostile to eugenics (the most
favourable was India, btw, and I suspect that the respective dominant
religions may have something to do with that), for other aspects
Israel has been for a long time on the forefront, keeping in mind its
size, of strategic techs, not to mention special schools for gifted
indivuals, etc.

And, Mormons AFAIK are probably the christian confession with the most
vibrant transhumanist community. There again, I believe that it may
have to do with their more or less radical departure from a number of
tenets of other monotheistic persuasions.

-- 
Stefano Vaj




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