Exactly. They’re all about transhumanism until people want to take cross sex hormones or engage in body mods that aren’t vanity projects.
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whaleross@lemmy.world 1 week ago
This breed of trans humanists are simple garbage because they are not about trans humanism - they are about staying oligarchs forever.
Let them upload themselves into an iridium and unobtainum machine with nuclear fusion batteries and then we drop it into the Mariana Trench and let them watch the spectacle from inside.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 days ago
nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
They imagine themselves as the Titans from the Dune universe.
Is any of our current AI tech even making significant strides towards achieving this? I really don’t think the current crop or billionaires will live to see this being viable even if they live another 100 years.
Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Immortality is the end of human evolution. Imagine humans, as we currently are, never changing from our impulsive and selfish behavior. That’s a fucking nightmare.
Nico_198X@europe.pub 6 days ago
There’s a crushing Love, Death & R Robots short about this, if I recall
BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Are you refering to Pop Squad
Nico_198X@europe.pub 5 days ago
Indeed I am!