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Why I Want to be a Posthuman When I Grow Up

Nick Bostrom

Nick Bostrom
Forthcoming in Medical Enhancement and Posthumanity, eds. Bert Gordijn and Ruth Chadwick

Posted: Oct 17, 2006

Extreme human enhancement could result in “posthuman” modes of being. After offering some definitions and conceptual clarification, I argue for two theses. First, some posthuman modes of being would be very worthwhile. Second, it could be very good for human beings to become posthuman.

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Nick Bostrom Ph.D. is Professor of Applied Ethics at Oxford University, the Director of the Oxford Future of Humanity Institute, and co-founder and former Board Chair of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, and co-founder and former Board Chair of the World Transhumanist Association (Humanity+).

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