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Nick Bostrom Why I want to be a posthuman when I grow up incollection 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.

Why I want to be a posthuman when I grow up

Nick Bostrom

In Bert Gordijn and Ruth F. Chadwick (eds.) Medical enhancement and posthumanity, Berlin, 2008, pp. 107–136

Abstract

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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