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Article: [|Why We Don't Need Transhumanism] Author: Massimo Pigliucci Subject: Why transhumanism is a bad idea Occasion: To show the cons of transhumanism Audience: Anyone interested in the movement of transhumanism Purpose: To show how transhumanism would affect society in a bad way like having the wrong people being able to live forever or screwing up the human genetic makeup forever Speaker: Massimo Tone: Informative, persuasive, humorous, sarcastic Quotes: " In fact, what transhumanism is about is the promotion of radical alterations to human bodies and minds, through a variety of futuristic technologies that include genetic engineering and “mind uploading” "-Pigliucci

" There is a fundamental difference between improving the human lot through medicine, agriculture, and other technologies on the one hand, and permanently and radically altering the human genetic makeup on the other hand." - Pigluicci

Article: [|What Are The Dangers and Benefits of Transhumanism]? Author: DK Matai Subject: Give a very brief explanation of transhumanism and some opinions on it Occasion: When learning about the history of transhumanism and who founded it  Audience: Anyone looking for a briefing on the history of transhumanism and who started it  Purpose: To give background on the topic and include opinions Tone: Informative, serious Quotes: "..  may lead to designer babies with perfect facial features, or persons being frozen, thawed, revived, and rejuvenated years after supposed death."

"Transhumanism has been described by one critic, Francis Fukuyama, as the world's most dangerous idea"

Article: [|Thoughts on Posthumanism] Author: larvelsubjects Subject: Gives author's view on what posthumanism really is and credits other sources for the definition of posthumanism. Explains an idea of how everyone has different perspectives and posthumanism would be a universal perspective of everything. Occasion: To get a sense of what posthumanism really is Audience: Anyone interested in learning about posthumanism Purpose: To clear up confusion of what the subject really is. Tone: Informative Quotes: "... the possibility of the emergence of a new type of intelligent species altogether that would arise from humans, but would no longer be human. "- David Roden

"There are all sorts of reasons for adopting a posthuman perspective at the ethical, political, and ecological level."