{"id":5897,"date":"2022-06-03T20:39:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T18:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/03\/beyond-our-ape-brained-meat-sacks-can-transhumanism-save-our-species\/"},"modified":"2022-06-03T20:39:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T18:39:29","slug":"beyond-our-ape-brained-meat-sacks-can-transhumanism-save-our-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/03\/beyond-our-ape-brained-meat-sacks-can-transhumanism-save-our-species\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond our \u2018ape-brained meat sacks\u2019: can transhumanism save our species?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 21st century will be make or break for humanity, says Oxford University transhumanist Elise Bohan. If we get it right, she thinks we might find something better<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/newsletters\/2019\/oct\/18\/saved-for-later-sign-up-for-guardian-australias-culture-and-lifestyle-email?CMP=cvau_sfl\">Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/series\/saved-for-later?CMP=cvau_sfl\">listen to our podcast<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ageing cured. Death conquered. Work ended. The human brain reverse-engineered by AI. Babies born outside of the womb. Virtual children, non-human partners. The future of humanity could be virtually unrecognisable by the end of the 21st century, according to Elise Bohan \u2013 and that\u2019s if we get the transition right. If we get it wrong, well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe future is wildly scary,\u201d says the young philosopher-macrohistorian-futurist with a smile. \u201cI can\u2019t lie to you about that. In ten years time it\u2019s all going to look pretty different, and in another ten years that\u2019s a total event horizon for me \u2026 I think it\u2019s eminently plausible at that point that the game has changed in some very fundamental way, whether for good or bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2022\/jun\/04\/beyond-our-ape-brained-meat-sacks-can-transhumanism-save-our-species\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9e7fe0102f7920ddb2b08b7b9391a3291299909f\/0_399_5315_3189\/master\/5315.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=135066ceb2917abcf9ca33258d591e75\" title=\"Beyond our \u2018ape-brained meat sacks\u2019: can transhumanism save our species?\" \/>The 21st century will be make or break for humanity, says Oxford University transhumanist Elise Bohan. If we get it right, she thinks we might find something better<\/p>\n<p> Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email and listen to our podcast<\/p>\n<p>Ageing cured. Death conquered. Work ended. The human brain reverse-engineered by AI. Babies born outside of the womb. Virtual children, non-human partners. The future of humanity could be virtually unrecognisable by the end of the 21st century, according to Elise Bohan \u2013 and that\u2019s if we get the transition right. If we get it wrong, well.<br \/>\n\u201cThe future is wildly scary,\u201d says the young philosopher-macrohistorian-futurist with a smile. \u201cI can\u2019t lie to you about that. 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