What is /midpol/ opinion on transhumanism?
The way I see it for those that care about it there are adoptionists of all new tech and then there are luddites that hate most tech that isn't essential to survival. They don't care much for shit like washing machines either.
Those are the extreme ends.
There is also the idea that transhumanism is a child fantasy and that responsible and voluntary use of tech won't ever result in any transhumanist dreams.
Medical technology aside does tech generally do much for us?
Cars help keep us sedentary and force the need for advanced exercise monitoring devices and softwares. Trucks might be useful but trains and barges do the same job.
Planes? Entirely convenience for tourism. We get most of our foods by train or barge.
Military tech is one to argue about; On one hand it is necessary to develop newer tech to thwart enemies with last years tech, On the other hand it actually robs less violent tech.
Supporters of military tech try to point to civilian use of tech developed for military use but they fail to acknowledge opportunity costs and inevitability. Touch Phones for example were inevitable and many early market arrivals were in the early 90s.
Food Storage tech doesn't even need a whole sentence because there are many great uses for it that would drive demand despite any military needs.
Transhumanism can be defined as the idea that through human creations and manipulations of cells we can transcend what would develop by simply having lots of sex and having lots of babies. That there will come a time when we approach true AI as well as the ability to build advanced robots that cooperate with our organic machinery within the cells.
You could even argue transhumanism is using reading glasses or clothes - but luddites would laugh you out of the room if you do that.