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"Transhumanism is an international intellectual and cultural movement supporting the use of science and technology to improve human mental and physical characteristics and capacities. The movement regards aspects of the human condition, such as disability, suffering, disease, aging, and involuntary death as unnecessary and undesirable."
I dont think technology can create a utopia by any means at all. disease and the stuff we see as negative in life isnt unnecessary, in fact going by the very definition of unnecessary that would be a logical paradox. everything that exists in nature is necessary for the eco-system to exist, thus it exists.
undesirable i can wrap my head around much better and i think technology can do alot in that regard. but when it comes down to it does everyone want a "perfect" body? or would people get tired of that and eventually start to just go for uniqueness, and an expression of their personality? and in that case whats the difference between a normal body that we can manipulate and a fake one? we're all perfectly unique now, some of us simply judge ourselves and create problems for ourselves with our bodies through eating too much or not exercising or whatever.
anyway, im very pro-technology. its going to do amazing things and has done amazing things. but humans are going to be humans and i dont think we'll ever be able to create a perfect utopia. just because its natural for humans to fight and be pained and its natural to suffer and hate sometimes just as its natural to be fulfilled and loving sometimes. those emotions exist in us for a reason, and i wouldnt want to get rid of them because i consider them a part of me just as i consider all the positive experiences and emotions a part of me.
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