Ricardo Harvin<p>Ah! So it's <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/transhumanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transhumanism</span></a> that this thread is about, primarily.</p><p>I've been familiar with the term but not its meaning since I know it's connected with the worst kind of people, like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PeterThiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterThiel</span></a>, and the general <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/techbro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techbro</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/elitist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elitist</span></a> "community".</p><p>This video on #2001: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ASpaceOdyssey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ASpaceOdyssey</span></a> makes the connection for me while also providing what seems to me to be a very good explanation of the ending and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/StanleyKubrick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StanleyKubrick</span></a>'s possible intent.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/InorganicEvolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InorganicEvolution</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/link" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>link</span></a>: <a href="https://youtu.be/y94S7YWRCXQ?si=RdWG9HJ6OQTivF5m" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/y94S7YWRCXQ?si=RdWG9H</span><span class="invisible">J6OQTivF5m</span></a></p>