Coexistence between original humanity and transhumanists may be the century's hardest problem
jachiam0 · x · 2026-09-10
jachiam0 argues we may need a notion of "cosmic" pluralism: as some people branch off to become something new, the interests of original humanity must be well-articulated and vigorously defended. He sees peaceful coexistence between original humanity and transhumanists as likely the hardest and most important diplomacy issue of this century—if the critical issues of the next two decades are resolved without explicitly banning those paths. He cites @ScholarsStage's point that most politicos don't realize the "good" non-extinction outcome may still involve a transhumanist future: melding with machines, ceding meaningful agency to machines on whose "grace" we depend, and the eclipse of humanity by a successor species.
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