Transhumanism has become very common in the world. To be a transhumanist means to encourage the development of technologies that would prolong one's lifespan to perhaps more than one hundred years more than the average life expectancy. Transhumanism is a movement in which individuals are implanting the idea that technology should advance in order to help with this process of expanding one's physical, intellectual, and psychological capacities. The flaw behind this movement? Transhumanists believe there is no essence of nature that should be respected or preserved; that nature itself is entirely flawed. We, as humans, should (the transhumanists believe) are already going into the path in creating regenerative medicine to a post-human future for all, which means becoming what Margaret Somerville calls "techno-sapiens." However, we would no longer be human. We might lose ourselves in the process and become "machines" of the future. Transhumanists argue post-humans will be more ethical and moral than present humans, the wars and conflict will cease, and so on. If immortality would become such a major "trend" in society, what chances will there be for later generations to take on as the present generations are still alive?
Although feared by many, what role does death play in the human life cycle? Is it an important one?
If you had the chance, would you like to become a "techno-sapien"?
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