[ExI] Machines of Loving Grace

[Ben Zaiboc]

On 13/10/2024 20:41, Daniel wrote:
>
> On Sun, 13 Oct 2024, Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat wrote:
>
>> As with a number of other transhumanist-themed ideas, I think we have
>> to be very careful of the language we use, because it can easily be
>> misunderstood.
>>
>> The difference between "going biologically extinct" and "going
>> extinct" is probably not going to be appreciated by most people.
>>
>> Can we come up with an alternative term or phrase that won't
>> automatically make people hostile to the idea of uploading?
>>
>> I'm thinking about something that includes the idea of 'migration'
>> rather than 'extinction'. Movement rather than death.
>>
>> Ben
>
> Why do you think hostility will be a problem when it comes to uploading
> as long as it is a voluntary procedure that will not affect anyone else? 

You're thinking of after uploading is a thing. I'm thinking of how we 
make it a thing.

I have no problem if someone doesn't want to upload when it's an option. 
I have a big problem with someone wanting to block the development of 
uploading.

There are parallels with genetic engineering, as well as stem-cell 
research. If you want to decline to take advantages of the things a 
technology enables, no problem. But the development of these 
technologies has been greatly hindered by people who not only don't want 
it for themselves, but don't want anyone else to have it either.

The perception of something before it exists has a much greater impact 
than the perception of it once it does exist.

Ben
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