Buddhist transhumanism

Buddhist transhumanism is an emerging idea, integrating transhumanism with Buddhism and Buddhist philosophy

Michael LaTorra published 'What Is Buddhist Transhumanism?'^[1]^[2] in 2015, covering goals such as reducing suffering and realizing awakening, but with the assistance of scientific knowledge and technological means.

James Hughes, a former Buddhist monk himself, has written of a 'Cyborg Buddha' as analogy for combining practices such as meditation to increase empathy with established transhumanist ideas such as cyborgization in a term he describes as 'moral enhancement'. The Cyborg Buddha project has undergone as small amount of critique, in fashions comparable to the issues faced by christian transhumanism.^[3] Commentary has also come from India, where commentators appear open to the idea.^[4]

There is now a Buddhist crypotocurrency to inventive Buddhist activities.^[5]

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Cyborg Buddha Project at the IEET
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[1] What Is Buddhist Transhumanism?

[2] Michael LaTorra explains Buddhist Transhumanism in a nutshell

[3] If You See a Cyborg in the Road, Kill the Buddha: Against Transcendental Transhumanism

[4] The Maitreya and the Cyborg: Connecting East and West for Enriching Transhumanist Philosophy

[5] Programmers say this Buddhist Bitcoin could “disrupt religion”

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