Michael O’Connor : Does He See Himself being a Transhumanist? – Mobile Magazine

The writer of the non-fiction book about the world of trans humanists who wants to go beyond the limits of the human body using technology entitled To Be a Machine Michael OConnell went to the creepiest place he has ever been to is the Alcor Life Extension Foundation. The place where nitrogen filled tanks with dead bodies is preserved, in case that using a future technology they can be revived. But first, let me tell you what transhumanists are. Transhumanists ought to exist since the 80s however they have come to be more noticeable in the past years as technology progresses and made our imagination seem more realistic. They are people who want to use technology to go beyond the limits of a human body. They want to be stronger and faster in other words they want to be a cyborg.

They want to be literally machines.It is a contrasting movement with what they really want and what they believe. Nowadays, each one of us is showing different faades but the thing happening is the literal marriage of technology and man. It is a very common feeling to be upset with what our bodies cannot do by having limitations of being a human, by not being able to strong as Captain America, by not being as fast the The Flash, by not being be able to go to the outer space These are all obsessions with human limitations but will you rather embed integrated microchip technology beneath your skin to be able to do this stuffs? It sure comes out to be a privilege than a problem. What do you think are the goals of a transhumanist? For him, it is as simple as they do not want to die. They want to be so powerful physically and intellectually and that they want to use technology for them to get what they want because they believe that it is achievable by using technology. Everything seemed to satisfy basic demands of rationalism, and yet the end result was always completely insane. Michael quoted.

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They want to be significantly different that they can do whatever they want to do and not just die. But actually, they already died with their soul. Michael OConnel does not consider himself as a Transhumanist. He was not persuaded by their philosophy at all. When said that when talking to a transhumanist, they all want to be basically gods the idea of being so powerful and ubiquitous to just knowing everything is quite vague. They said that they got Stockholm syndrome of the human body (a condition of the body that causes captives to cultivate a mental coalition with their abductors as a survival strategy during confinement) he was not appealed to this either. He does not like the idea of it being like a super human. We do not know what the future technology would bring us but hopefully will not do any harm to any normal human being because there a lot of individuals who would certainly not appeal themselves a transhumanist but has an indication about the potentials of the human future.

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