We are Transhumanists. This means not only advocating the well being of humans, it means also anticipating the many changes that we will collectively undergo in the future. It means advocating for science, understanding, and clever new technology. It also means not making special exceptions for human suffering, death, and cognitive shortcomings and pretending to like them just because they are 'natural'. The desire to overcome these problems is completely natural for humans, even if the only plausible means for doing are artificial and technological.
Humanity has transcended the natural ever since the development of tools and fire. We have continued that trend through writing, agriculture, and the wheel. We even followed that up with literacy, science, and industry. We can and will take this much further, through computers, biotechnology, chemistry, nanotechnology, and many other transformative technologies. In light of this, we make the following declarations:
- The future is coming. Technology is becomin