Transhumanity, like it or not?

[Brian Atkins]

Tom wrote:
> 
> I still think the Eli's of the movement will win out and it will become
> this "For your own good you have to be a borg" style thing. Why? Because
> power corrupts.
> 

Please stop making these absolutely incorrect statements. This is the 
antithesis of our volition-based hopes for the future. We have always 
maintained that in such a future, anyone who wants to stay the same 
should be able to make that choice, and furthermore have it enforced for 
them when necessary.

In fact I know of no one in the mainstream of transhumanism who believes 
in any kind of forced modifications. Transhumanists run the political 
gamut from anarcho-libertarians to bleeding heart liberals, but one 
thing pretty much all share is an extremely strong pro-individual 
pro-choice belief.
-- 
Brian Atkins
Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
http://www.singinst.org/