honestly I’d really appreciate it if people who dislike transhumanism point me in the direction of why
Some of it is consequential - there are some potential dark futures in that direction. But I think mostly, they’re at peace with their sex, their body, and with aging, so H+ seems like an alien, “arrogant,” or “immature” value system to them.
kinda independent though? like I’m at peace with not being splattered across a mountainside but I don’t get enraged at people who fly wingsuits.
Once the Transhuman Genie is out of the bottle, there’s no putting it back. The alternative of banning it prevents them from having to become the cyberpunk version of the Amish, leaving them in the mainstream.
To pick another example, letting gays get married also means living in a society in which gays can marry, in which that becomes normal, even if you don’t get gay married. And that’s a bit less irrevocable!
So if you don’t want to see what Tumblr users will become when allowed access to 2090-era robotic surgeons, implanted computers, and automated tissue engineering facilities, you have to oppose it before it starts.
You’ll also die because a cure for whatever disease you have won’t exist, or else your body will fall apart, but you already didn’t care as much about that, soooo…