Why I Want to be a Posthuman When I Grow Up

In Max More & Natasha Vita‐More (eds.), The Transhumanist Reader. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 28-53 (2013)
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Abstract

The term “posthuman” has been used in very different senses by different authors.2 I am sympathetic to the view that the word often causes more confusion than clarity, and that we might be better off replacing it with some alternative vocabulary.

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