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2. History of Transhumanism

Author : Natasha Vita-More

Published in: The Transhumanism Handbook

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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As a philosophy transhumanism deals with the fundamental nature of reality, knowledge, and existence. As a worldview, it offers a cultural ecology for understanding the human integration with technology. As a scientific study, it provides the techniques for observing how technology is shaping society and the practice for investigating ethical outcomes. Its social narrative emerges from humans overcoming odds and the continued desire to build a world worth living in. These processes requires critical thinking and visionary accounts to assess how technology is altering human nature and what it means to be human in an uncertain world.

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Title: History of Transhumanism
Author: Natasha Vita-More
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: The Transhumanism Handbook
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-16919-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-16920-6

Copyright Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16920-6_2

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