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KON4M 99
August 1999
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FAVORITE KONSPIRACY: The philosophies of Extropianism & Transhumanism.
"Extropianism," an amorphous form of libertarian cyberthink. Extropians espouse free markets, complexity and chaos theory, space travel, smart drugs, huge pectoral muscles, and privatization of the oceans and air.
LIBERATING HUMANITY'S INFINITE POTENTIAL
The common difficulties of life - death, misery and scarcity - once seemed inevitable. Today, we approach them as challenges that can be overcome. Through engineering, creativity, and critical thinking, we participate in the quest to realize human potential, to grow beyond our difficulties, and become transhuman, transcending human limitation.
Transhumanism is a philosophy that humanity can, and should, strive to higher levels, both physically, mentally and socially. It encourages research into such areas as life extension, cryonics, nanotechnology, physical and mental enhancements, uploading human consciousness into computers and megascale engineering
