Yesterday I ran across yet another shitbag who fell out of transhumanism into reactionary, traditionalist & essentialist "but the lobsters" shit. I honestly can't comprehend why anyone takes trad "arguments" seriously. A short thread:
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Life extension, the ability to alter your own abilities as you like, seem to be the opposite of traditionalist / essentialist definitions of humanity. But they can also be ways to preserve regressive attitudes and self-obsessiveness, rather than developing beyond them.
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If it’s kept for a small elite circle
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