Updated, June 5, 2010; re-updated November 30, 2010
To be brief, as this is an ongoing research project which changes as new developments come up, but Transhumanism is basically surpassing the biological being through the medium of technology. That is the simplest most basic explanation I can give at this time. More later on that. But for now, I just wanted to post a comment I made to one of the 'Truth-seekers' on the web, known as Vigilant Citizen, who bravely and persistently exposes the truth behind our world, especially in the world of music, but also eccentric architecture and other elements of our culture. Lately, as has VC and others, I have noticed a rising Transhumanist thread weaving its way through our modern day world. You can see it in music, whether it's from Lady Gaga or currently Christina Aguilera, Beyonce or Rhianna. You can also see it in films, classic and modern. For example, it started with the 1927 silent classic Metropolis and continues into such films as The Matrix series which deals with a 'group mind' of sleeping humans controlled by an alien entity which is basically artificial intelligence. Our world is becoming increasingly automated, whether it is at the supermarket checkout station or the RFID station at the library. There are chips in cell phones, cars, probably TV's what's next? Technology is necessary and helpful and exciting and interesting, don't get me wrong, I even make my living through the technical field. But I recognize that technology can sometimes go too far and must be lassoed like a wild bull. Perhaps it could become so fierce and 'knowing' at one point to become unrecognizable as a digital entity and cross over to the 'human' ans sentient side. There have been numerous books and movies made about that very subject for decades. It's like it's a latent feat in the collective unconscious, as if we as a species know what is possible. And with the rise in technological advances we have seen so far, it is almost as if the computers have their own minds, a low level of artificial intelligence if you will.
Transhumanism sees humanity as flawed and technology as its savior. The problem with that is anytime you see something as flawed, you are willing and able to discard it. And this is jumping ahead, perhaps a preview of articles or stories to come, but what if humans were somehow merged with technology, what kind of issues would that propose? What kind of marriage would that be? Seems quite incompatible, yet it seems like once a merger like that is made, it would seem difficult if not impossible to divorce oneself from that. But the trends are there, from the supposed inventor of the cell phone, who in 1973 made the first actual cell phone call to his competitor, who one day envisions that cell phones will be embedded behind one's ear and he will call it 'Sam' and when he wants to make a call, will say 'Sam, call such and such.' So, now one day cell phones will be embedded in your brain and have their own names? At any other time in history if anyone said that to a psychiatrist, they would instantly be labeled, 'insane.' That also sounds suspiciously like 'mind control' of some sort, see VC's many articles about that. But in this modern day technological mecca, that may be considered 'progress.' Perhaps that's what Lady G's 'Telephone' is really about? Simply planting the idea in the population's mind that a 'telephone' should be attached to one's head? Well, good luck with that! I already hate having the cell phone with me all the time and being able to be reached at almost any time, and would I agree to having it embedded in my head?! No way! You can keep your telephone.. I'll go back to cave days if I have to.. so anyway, that's all for now. Enjoy the rest of the post, which is contained in "Part II."
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