From: Hal Finney (hal@finney.org)
Date: Tue Jan 07 2003 - 16:45:06 MST
Harvey writes:
> Yes. It does seem to be that we tend to frame everything bad that we want
> to change about ourselves as the human part. I prefer to consider
> everything good that I want to preserve about myself as the human part.
> Cryonics, life-extension, enhancements and the like are all tools to
> preserve and extend my humanity to give it more capabilities than before. I
> think humanity should be defined by its aspirations more than its
> limitations. In that sense, I am looking to use technology to make me even
> more human, not less.
Well said! But would it be so wrong to say that you want to make yourself
a "better" human? Don't we all want to be better (and still human)?
I'm missing the point about the problem with betterhumans.com.
Hal
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