[ExI] Islands of trans-humanity

[Giulio Prisco]

On Sun, Dec 3, 2023 at 5:25 PM Keith Henson via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> " next few centuries of transhumanism,"
>
> I doubt this.  Whatever the fate of humanity is, it will go to
> completion within decades, not centuries.
>

The fate of humanity will not go to completion for billions of years.


>
> 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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