[ExI] Is Transhumanism Coercive?

spike spike66 at att.net
Thu Oct 20 13:17:12 UTC 2011


>... On Behalf Of The Avantguardian

>...Bioconservatives want to handicap us ... an asteroid, a plague, or even
simple social unrest can turn their world upside down in less than 24
hours...Stuart LaForge

Ja.  Something analogous to the Occupy Wall Street crowd could turn on
transhumanism.  The usual dissatisfied crowd finds an actual focus instead
of their current aimlessness.  (What do we want?  No one knows!  When do we
want it?  NOW!)  In their case, they eventually decided the bad guy was the
banker, but (for some mysterious reason) not the credit union guy.

It is too easy for me to imagine the enraged crowd switching from "eat the
rich" to "eat anyone over age 75."

spike




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