Transhumanism is the belief that humans should use science and technology to overcome biological limits such as aging, disease and limited intelligence.
Key thinkers:Nicolas de Condorcet, Thomas Paine, Nelson MandelaTake the test and your match with Transhumanism shows up here. It is worked out in your browser and never sent anywhere.
Transhumanists support research into life extension, genetic and neural enhancement, artificial intelligence and the merging of humans and machines. They argue that people should be free to enhance themselves and that technology can greatly improve human well-being.
The movement is diverse. Some focus on health and longevity, others on cognitive enhancement, and others on the long-term risks and benefits of advanced AI.
The ideas that most people in this tradition would sign up to.
The word was popularized by the biologist Julian Huxley in the 1950s, and a transhumanist movement formed in the 1990s around thinkers such as Max More and Nick Bostrom.
Thinkers whose documented positions on the 12 axes align most closely with this ideology.
French mathematician & philosopher · 1743–1794
A French mathematician and revolutionary who backed equal rights for women, the abolition of slavery and free public schooling, and who wrote of human progress while hiding from the Terror.
“Equal political rights and public education for all citizens without distinction.”
Pamphleteer & revolutionary · 1737–1809
An English-born pamphleteer whose Common Sense and Rights of Man argued for American independence, republican government and public provision for the poor, and whose Age of Reason attacked revealed religion.
“Rights of Man calls commerce a pacific system that unites nations by making them useful to each other.”
South African president · 1918–2013
A South African lawyer imprisoned for 27 years for his part in the fight against apartheid, who became the first president elected by all South Africans in 1994.
“Constitutional democracy with universal adult franchise and independent courts.”
These are its strongest leanings, followed by all twelve axes. They describe the typical version of the tradition.
Leans very strongly toward Acceleration
97% toward Acceleration
Leans very strongly toward Irreligious
92% toward Irreligious
Leans very strongly toward Freedom
88% toward Freedom
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The test scores you on all twelve axes and ranks every ideology by how well it matches you.
