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Thoughts on the space community
Jan. 14th, 2012 02:00 amFor the sake of posting on here regularly, and in order to have at least one short(ish) post...
I found out in 2009 that the space community and transhumanists are very closely linked. I didn't realize until recently, however, just how closely linked. Suffice it to say that transhuman ideas of the singularity and technological progressivism are a huge part of what drives the American space program. This is worrisome. Aside from the moral issues of transhumanism itself, this movement is also heavily associated with laissez-faire economics. Beyond this, the whole movement is extremely unreflexive which possibly (likely) influences the space program to be equally unreflexive about space exploration. Until this point I had always thought that transhumanists were either a minority or a fringe element of the space community that I could avoid with few consequences. I am beginning to get the impression, however, that the future will require me to not just interact with, but actively come in conflict with transhumanists within the space community. This is a rather unnerving prospect. Not that transhumanists are inherently bad people (those that I know are actually extremely cool folks) but going against the professional and social grain is never an easy thing. So I am worried about the future of American space exploration, and not just the usual funding woes.
I found out in 2009 that the space community and transhumanists are very closely linked. I didn't realize until recently, however, just how closely linked. Suffice it to say that transhuman ideas of the singularity and technological progressivism are a huge part of what drives the American space program. This is worrisome. Aside from the moral issues of transhumanism itself, this movement is also heavily associated with laissez-faire economics. Beyond this, the whole movement is extremely unreflexive which possibly (likely) influences the space program to be equally unreflexive about space exploration. Until this point I had always thought that transhumanists were either a minority or a fringe element of the space community that I could avoid with few consequences. I am beginning to get the impression, however, that the future will require me to not just interact with, but actively come in conflict with transhumanists within the space community. This is a rather unnerving prospect. Not that transhumanists are inherently bad people (those that I know are actually extremely cool folks) but going against the professional and social grain is never an easy thing. So I am worried about the future of American space exploration, and not just the usual funding woes.
