Will evolution produce creatures of great beauty, intelligence, and spirit. . . or brainless cockroaches with an uncanny knack for survival? If man were to give evolution a purpose, might this entail leaving his humanity behind? Humanity+'s Rachel Haywire joins Andy, Colin, and Richard to discuss Transhumanism, Futurism, and the Singularity.
Notes:
Rachel Haywire'sAcidexia
Madison Grant and conservationism
The Beijing Genomics Institute
Leon Trotsky's egalitarian superman
F.T. Marinetti's Futurist Manifesto
Alain de Benoist on Left, Right, and the periphery