Abolitionism

, 42, 116, 170

Aging

, 75–76, 79, 91–92

Amortality

immortality. See Immortality

metaphysical concerns. See Metaphysical concerns

ontology. See Ontologization

social-political concerns. See Social-political concerns

Automated warehouses

, 28

Automation technology. See also Enhancement

, 4, 7, 33

Autonomy

, 17, 29–31, 59

Biochemical algorithms

, 85

Bioconservatism

Beyond Therapy

, 89, 92–93

bio-economic assets

, 22

definition

, 18

enhancement technologies

, 20

extended life-spans

, 89

Factor X

, 19–20, 124

human dignity

, 18, 36

ontologization

, 24–25

repugnance

, 23

social-political dangers

, 170

suffering

, 117

technological rationality

, 24

Bio-economic assets

, 22

Buddhist philosophy

commonsense view

, 150

comparative analysis

, 147

consciousness

, 152

cyborg enhancement

, 162

Cyborg Buddha Project (CBP)

, 148, 153–154, 158–159, 162

ego

, 165

emptiness

, 149, 156–158, 161, 165

enlightenment

, 161

Maitreya Buddha

, 159–160

nirvana

, 165–166

personal identity

, 150

Pratitya-samutpada

, 156

pregnancy

, 156–157

samsara

, 165

self-creation

, 154

skandha theory

, 148

suffering

, 149, 151

Categorical desires

, 96

Contemporary transhumanist institutions

Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)

, 68

converging technologies (CT)

, 68

cryonics

, 62

cryopreservation

, 63

DARPA

, 68–69

extropianism

, 63

Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET)

, 66

Internet of Things (IoT)

, 69–70

National Science Foundation (NSF)

, 68–69

Singularity University (SU)

, 67

Transhumanist Declaration

, 64–65

unified theory

, 66

virtual assistant

, 69

World Transhumanist Association (WTA)

, 64

CRISPR Cas9

, 7

Cultural imagination. See also Science fiction

, 38, 53, 169

Cyborg Buddha Project (CBP)

, 148, 153–154, 158–159, 162

Cyborg values

cultural movement

, 137

Cyborg Foundation

, 139

definition

, 136

desire

, 139

eyeborg

, 137

functions

, 140

instinct of revenge

, 142

senstronaut

, 139

sources

, 141

Data-driven approach

, 83–84

Dataism

, 84–85, 88–89

Dehumanization

, 18, 22, 23, 36

Desire analysis

, 35, 172–174

Enhancement

Amazon’s algorithms

, 28

Amazon’s warehouse model

, 28

automated warehouses

, 28

automation technology

, 26–27, 33

autonomy

, 29

definition

, 25

dehumanization

, 36

enlightenment

, 32–33

instrumental theory of technology

, 25–26

metaphysical danger

, 32

morphological freedom

, 30–31

opioid addiction

, 32

and replacement

, 34

robotics-driven automation

, 30

secular humanism

, 33

socialpolitical dangers

, 31

social safety net programs

, 32

technological unemployment

, 29

Enlightenment

, 32–33

Epistemological certainty

, 95, 168

accelerationism

, 13

consciousness

, 15

defined

, 13

morphological freedom

, 16–17

natural transhumanism

, 13

perpetual progress

, 16

prometheanism

, 14

self-actualization

, 17

Human dignity

, 18

Humanity 1.0 and 2.0

, 8

Immortality

aging

, 75–76, 79

death

, 79–80

Methuselarity

, 77

singularity

, 77

Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (SENS) Research Foundation

, 76–77

toleration

, 78

Implicit ideology

, 3, 25, 70, 75, 140, 154

Instrumental theory of technology

, 25–26

Metaphysical concerns

, 32

atomic age

, 91–92

categorical desires

, 96

definition

, 92

epistemological certainty

, 95

human experience

, 94

lifespan extension

, 92, 96

ontological uncertainty

, 95

understanding of being, social practices

, 92–93

Methuselarity

, 77, 97

Modern philosophy

bioconservatives

, 55

Cosmism

, 53

Enlightenment

, 52

human-designed humanity

, 53

human intelligence

, 52

humanism’s methods

, 49

proto-transhumanism

, 50, 53

rationalism

, 51

Morphological freedom

, 30–31

Mythic/religious precursors

forgetting of finitude

, 48

memory theater

, 47

proto-philosophy

, 45

spiritual machines

, 48

technai

, 44

technological herb

, 46

trade-offs

, 45

transcendent technological capacity

, 44

Nietzsche’s philosophy

cyborg values. See Cyborg values

definition

, 127

proto-transhumanism. See Proto-transhumanism

transhumanist philosophy

, 128

value revaluation. See Value revaluation

Ontologization

, 24–25

biochemical algorithms

, 85

data-driven approach

, 83–84

dataism

, 84–85, 88–89

life sciences

, 85

patternism

, 85–86, 88–89

Quantified Self (QS) movement

, 84–85

Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (SENS) Research Foundation

, 38–39, 81–83, 87

technical glitches

, 80–81

Theseus Ship

, 88

Whole Body Interdiction of Telomeres (WILT)

, 82

Whole Brain Emulation (WBE)

, 86

Opioid addiction

, 32

Overpopulation

, 67, 91

Patternism

, 85–86, 88–89

Posthumanism

, 6–13, 132–133, 135, 168

Proto-transhumanism

, 50, 53

christianity

, 132

ideals condemnation

, 131

last human being concept

, 133–134

overhuman nature

, 128–130

posthuman

, 132–133, 135

value orientation

, 130

Quantified Self (QS) movement

, 84–85

Repugnance

, 23

Robotics-driven automation

, 30

Science fiction

, 1, 38, 41, 55

Altered Carbon

, 59–60

Cryonics program

, 62

cultural imaginary

, 57

cyberspace

, 58–59

The Matrix

, 56

Neuromancer

, 59

simulation hypothesis

, 57

space operas

, 61

Secular humanism

, 33

Singularity

, 77, 107–110, 114–115

Social-political concerns

, 31

overpopulation

, 91

social aspiration

, 89

social structures mirrors pattern

, 90

trailing edge, humanity

, 90

Social safety net programs

, 32

Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (SENS) Research Foundation

, 76–77, 81–83, 87

Suffering. See also Buddhist philosophy

, 115–119

abnormal brain chemistry

, 121

bioconservatives’ reliance

, 124

business manager approach

, 121–122

depression

, 121

elimination

, 121, 123

mental illness

, 121

motivating factor

, 127–128

ordinary suffering

, 121

pain-killing drugs

, 123

physical pain

, 120

Superintelligence

, 39–40

artificial general intelligence (AGI)

, 101–102, 104

artificial intelligence (AI)

, 40

brain–computer interfaces

, 40

cognitivism

, 103

consciousness

, 112

definition

, 101

emergence theory

, 113–114

Factor X

, 105

faith-based arguments

, 108–109

general intelligence

, 101

humanoid, Sophia the Robot

, 110–111

machine learning

, 102

mind upload

, 40

mortal/immortal

, 107

simulation theology

, 114

singularity. See also Singularity

, 41

spiritual machines

, 108

technium

, 109

transparent coping

, 104–105

Whole Brain Emulation (WBE)

, 40, 86, 103–104

Superlongevity

biochemical engineering

, 39

nanotechnology

, 39

Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (SENS) Research Foundation

, 38–39

Super well-being

abolitionism

, 42

emotions

, 118–119

experience machine

, 120

genetic engineering

, 41

gradients of well-being

, 119–120

hedonic engineering

, 116, 119

human flourishing

, 42

physical suffering

, 42

psychological distress

, 42

suffering. See Suffering

wireheading

, 116

Technium

, 36

Technological rationality

, 24

Technological unemployment

, 29

Theseus Ship

, 88

Trailing edge of humanity

, 90

Understanding of being

, 92–93

Value revaluation

digital immortality

, 144

enhancements

, 146

mendaciousness of millennia

, 143

real vs. apparent world

, 143

self sovereignty

, 145

transcendent aspects

, 142

Whole Body Interdiction of Telomeres (WILT)

, 82

Whole Brain Emulation (WBE)

, 40, 86, 103–104