Transhumans indeed.!!
Marshall Mcluhan said as far back as the 1960's that our technological media
was an extension of our bodies so in effect there is nothing original in
this idea at all.
In fact by this definition even chimpanzees are trans-chimpanzees because
they use tools to extend there natural born abilities.
We are all human, not trans human inhuman, meta human, post human (I like
that one) tragico-historico-logico-human or anything else
Larry
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> Subject: a transhumanist definistion of disability studies
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> You might find that interesting :-)
> http://www.nexial.net/library/AT.html#Disability
> Disability Studies:
> Persons with disabilities (PWDs) are among the earliest transhumans. They
> are often the first to use new technological devices, implants and
> software. By incorporating external and internal technological
> applications into every aspect of daily life, PWDs truly explore cyborgian
> existence. The Disabilities Rights movement may more properly be
> thought of as the Transhuman Rights movement, as they fight for acceptance
> and integration within the larger human population. In the new
> field of Disabilities Studies, scholars are beginning to describe new
> concepts of
> body and personhood that will have great relevance for other
> trans/posthumans.
>
>
> Dr. Gregor Wolbring
> webpage: http://www.thalidomide.ca/gwolbring
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