[ExI] Coercive Transhumanism

[Keith Henson]

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 4:20 PM,   Stefano Vaj <stefano.vaj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Subject: Re: [ExI] Is Transhumanism Coercive?

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> But do they *exist* in the first place? Aren't you a little too quick
> in conceding this point?

If someone can think of it, advocates probably exists for cause X no
matter how extreme.

> I would be hard pressed to find anybody actually advocating "coercive
> life-extension", or "coercive enhancement"

One of the first signs of an "underground" singularity would be a
sudden drop in the death rate followed by Alzheimer's patients
checking themselves out of nursing homes.

An amusing story, if someone wants to write it, would be about someone
pissing an moaning about being turned into an immortal superman.

The obvious ending would be like the end of the Jack Vance story "Green Magic."

Keith