[ExI] Islands of trans-humanity

[Darin Sunley]

This fragmentation dynamic is /the/ major theme of Diaspora, by Greg Egan,
as it affects both biological and digital sentience, human-descended and
otherwise.

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

> 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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