Редактирование: Criticism of transhumanism (раздел)

== The view that transhumanism would have adverse social and environmental impacts ==

Some critics say that they recognize the attractiveness for individuals to experience improved health and lifespan - in line with the transhumanist initiative - but that if everyone experiences these benefits, society as a whole will suffer:

* Power structures which depend upon death to ensure transition plans, will no longer function
* Dictators and autocrats (who are enhanced) will no longer be removed from their positions of authority by death, thereby ruling for eternity over the unenhanced masses
* Rates of human energy consumption are unsustainable because we don't have any alternatives to fossil fuels
* There will be greater pressures on the environment, caused by ever greater human populations striving for more complex technologies

Transhumanists can respond that all these suggestions betray a lack of imagination:

* Alternative succession plans, career rotation schemes, and so on, can be designed and implemented
* There are already plenty of examples of dictators and autocrats being removed from authority whilst still in the full flush of health
* There is plenty of energy available (from the sun and beyond) to provide for the needs of all human populations
* There is ample room on the Earth, in the sky, and (in due course) in outer space, to accommodate increased population sizes