“My view is that the advance of transhumanism is inexorable.”
That’s the opinion of Grayson Quay, a writer whose recent book on the subject is titled The Transhumanist Temptation: How Technology and Ideology are Reshaping Humanity—and How to Resist. Quay argues that thanks to new technologies that give mankind the illusion of control over nature, we are faced with a new serpent in the garden, coaxing us to believe that we can be like gods and transcend our human nature. The question of whether we can resist the lures of transhumanism, it seems, is one humanity has struggled with since the beginning of time—and we may well fall for the devil’s tricks again. Those who are overly optimistic about the future of technology would do well to read this book.
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