Transhumanist FAQ Bostrom

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        10:01 PM, August 14, 2007
      
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        Transhumanism is a way of thinking about the future that is based on the premise that the
      
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        human species
      
      
        <b> in its current form does not represent the end of our development </b>
      
      
        but
      
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        rather a comparatively early phase. We formally define it as follows:
      
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        (1) The intellectual and cultural movement that affirms the possibility and
      
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        desirability of
      
      
        <b> fundamentally improving the human condition </b>
      
      
        through applied
      
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        reason, 
      
      
        <b>especially by developing and making widely available technologies to</b>
      
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        <b>eliminate aging and to greatly enhance human intellectual, physical, and</b>
      
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        <b>psychological capacities.</b>
      
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        (2) The study of the ramifications, promises, and potential dangers of
      
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        technologies that will enable us to overcome fundamental human limitations, and
      
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        the related study of the ethical matters involved in developing and using such
      
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        technologies.
      
      
        
      
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