547: David Nichtern
Duncan Trussell Family Hour
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Transhumanism Is Not Just a Dream
There is this Strange possibility That what we currently call the human realm Could shift And turn into a god realm. This is the dream of the transhumanist and it's not just a dream. The eschatological perspective Points towards a dramatic, massive, radical shift Including in Buddhism Maybe on different timescales But similar versions of A abrupt change at some point. Or if you look at it from the perspective of Life extension therapy that we all just became Essentially lab rats for what will inevitably be technology that doesn't just help us with viruses but probably grows our hair back Cures cancer They're already working on it That's extending the human life span statistically It's called Taoism, by John
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