Transhumanism don't need special dispositions


	Transhumanism don't need special dispositions

wildcat

6-29-2007 12:41 PM

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singularity, artificial intelligence, longevity, transhumanism

wildcat says:

"And yet people sometimes ask me why I want to save the world. Why? They want to know why someone would want to save the world? Like you have to be traumatized in childhood or something? Give me a break."

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