United Nations Envisions Transhumanist Future Where Man is Obsolete

[Kylie]

A sizeable portion of people in America operate on a personal philosophy of greed and the means justifies the ends despite having their needs secured. It is pushed in government education and propaganda. Technology has not improved man's humanity towards man or fellow creatures, but created a largely narcississtic society. When all of man's needs are taken care, man will fight over their wants. Think along the lines of how people behave on Black Friday. There would have to be a major change in the current trajectory of human behavior for your version of future events to occur...

And if it were to go the way you describe, it would be infinity worse than what we have even now. I don't know how you make someone care about themselves and want to do right if they don't want to be that way. So you only have a few other options. But then again, with this trans-thingie you'll be breeding out the bad traits in humans too(which is a whole nother moral argument) so maybe after several hundred generations you could breed the "golden retriever" of humans?

 

[WarNoMore]

A sizeable portion of people in America operate on a personal philosophy of greed and the means justifies the ends despite having their needs secured. It is pushed in government education and propaganda. Technology has not improved man's humanity towards man or fellow creatures, but created a largely narcississtic society. When all of man's needs are taken care, man will fight over their wants. Think along the lines of how people behave on Black Friday. There would have to be a major change in the current trajectory of human behavior for your version of future events to occur...

That system is already decaying.The authority of the state is being questioned in large numbers globally thanks to the advancement of technology, ie the internet. As technology continues to advance I feel the society will naturally move in a new direction. Towards freedom, not slavery.

 

[undergroundrr]

My observation is that those who expect an appealing afterlife tend to disapprove of extending human life spans beyond 100 or so.

I'm curious. Are there any afterlife adherents, Christian or otherwise, who are okay with extreme longevity?

 

[moostraks]

That system is already decaying.The authority of the state is being questioned in large numbers globally thanks to the advancement of technology, ie the internet. As technology continues to advance I feel the society will naturally move in a new direction. Towards freedom, not slavery.

You seem to be unaware of the level of narcississim that is growing with technology. People sitting at dinner tables all plugged into their online friends, ignoring those people right next to them. Children that can't go in a car or in a store without some electronic nanny.

As for the anti-state sentiment, people are largely anti-state for personal oftentimes selfish reasons not for altruistic reasons.

 

[John F Kennedy III]

My observation is that those who expect an appealing afterlife tend to disapprove of extending human life spans beyond 100 or so.

I'm curious. Are there any afterlife adherents, Christian or otherwise, who are okay with extreme longevity?

I like this question. I hope someone answers.

 

[r3volution]

I like this question. I hope someone answers.

i am agnostic but read the bible many years ago and remember people in it being like 300 or so years old .

 

[jmdrake]

My observation is that those who expect an appealing afterlife tend to disapprove of extending human life spans beyond 100 or so.

I'm curious. Are there any afterlife adherents, Christian or otherwise, who are okay with extreme longevity?

I'm cool with extreme longevity. I'm not cool with humanity being replaced by some silicon based facsimile. I'm definitely not cool with some "world wide mind" where we're all linked through some cyber-neural interface and no longer have any privacy.

See: http://thoughtware.tv/videos/show/44-22nd-Century-From-Pbs

 

[r3volution]

i just always assumed that was either the wrong translation or they used a different measurement for years than we do now . dunno .

 

[Demigod]

I'm cool with extreme longevity. I'm not cool with humanity being replaced by some silicon based facsimile. I'm definitely not cool with some "world wide mind" where we're all linked through some cyber-neural interface and no longer have any privacy.

See: http://thoughtware.tv/videos/show/44-22nd-Century-From-Pbs

Well you have to understand that the video is bullshit anyway.The part where they transfer a conciseness to a hard disk is beyond stupid.Never mind that abandoning physical form would be a bad idea as it can get.

I hope that by the time it is time for dying life will be extended to at least a 100.I am an atheist and although I have accepted death ( it would get boring after the first million years anyway ) I am still not that eager to meet it.

 

[Demigod]

i just always assumed that was either the wrong translation or they used a different measurement for years than we do now . dunno .

There was a group of villages in South America that officially had the most 100+ year old's on the planed.They claimed it was because of the mountain water in the end it turned out that after 40 they measured years for one.After 60 they would add 5 and after 80 10 years for every year.

So I would guess they made the same kind of counting in the Bible

 

[WarNoMore]

You seem to be unaware of the level of narcississim that is growing with technology. People sitting at dinner tables all plugged into their online friends, ignoring those people right next to them. Children that can't go in a car or in a store without some electronic nanny.

As for the anti-state sentiment, people are largely anti-state for personal oftentimes selfish reasons not for altruistic reasons.

I'm not particularly bothered by the alleged narcissism. I don't think it's a sign of malevolence. Selfish people aren't necessarily evil people. As you point out, people can come to the right conclusions out of pure self interest. To resist the authority of the state because of it's threat to your personal freedom and livelihood is just as good a reason as any.

As technology advances, I think the emperor will be revealed in all his nakedness. There will come a time when the majority will be able to realise the benefits of big government is far outweighed by its detriments. Unless governments push for even greater tyranny, it will not be able to stop it's own subjugation. As governments push for more draconian laws, the people will resist in greater numbers.

 

[PaulConventionWV]

My observation is that those who expect an appealing afterlife tend to disapprove of extending human life spans beyond 100 or so.

I'm curious. Are there any afterlife adherents, Christian or otherwise, who are okay with extreme longevity?

I know it's a bit late, but I thought I would point out that people lived to be multiple hundreds of years old in the days before the Biblical flood. It's not that I have a problem with it, I just don't necessarily cherish the idea of a long life.

 

[ClydeCoulter]

I'm cool with extreme longevity. I'm not cool with humanity being replaced by some silicon based facsimile. I'm definitely not cool with some "world wide mind" where we're all linked through some cyber-neural interface and no longer have any privacy.

See: http://thoughtware.tv/videos/show/44-22nd-Century-From-Pbs

We already have examples of a "world wide mind" in our history, ie, religion.
I see it as a new control mechanism in many respects. You would be afraid, again, to question what is accepted by the "whole". And in this case, the "whole" would know your questioning thoughts (if that would even still be possible)?