[ExI] Islands of trans-humanity

[Kelly Anderson]

ChatGPT says that, "one notable example is the works of Peter F.
Hamilton, whose sci-fi novels often include humans who have evolved
into subspecies, influenced by technology, ideology, and biology." Has
anyone read Hamilton's books? Worth the read??

-Kelly

On Sun, Dec 3, 2023 at 10:45 AM efc--- via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> Hmm, I think I've read about something like that, in one or more science
> fiction books. Sadly they did not leave enough of an imprint for me to
> remember the names of them. And the fact that the divergence was so big as
> to have created separate species was not the main plot, but just a
> parenthesis.
>
> As for the fate of humanity, depending on what "go to completion" means,
> I'm voting for many, many more centuries and not decades.
>
> Best regards,
> Daniel
>
>
> On Sun, 3 Dec 2023, Keith Henson via extropy-chat wrote:
>
> > " next few centuries of transhumanism,"
> >
> > I doubt this.  Whatever the fate of humanity is, it will go to
> > completion within decades, not centuries.
> >
> > Keith
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 3, 2023 at 1:43 AM Kelly Anderson via extropy-chat
> > <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> I doubt this is a novel train of thought... but...
> >>
> >> One of the more interesting ways that transhumanism could be "bad" is
> >> the idea that over the next few centuries of transhumanism, different
> >> "species" of human could rapidly evolve (though not through natural
> >> selection, unnaturally) into islands of trans-humans that can no
> >> longer interbreed. By creating this rapidly dividing delta in the
> >> river of hominid divergence, it could create interesting dynamics of
> >> "us" and "them" which could lead to a destructive fragmentation of
> >> society.
> >>
> >> I welcome science fiction along these lines...
> >>
> >> -Kelly
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