Silicon Valley's Favorite Weird Philosophy Is Fundamentally Wrong

If, through biotechnology, we could drastically enhance ourselves--such that our ability to absorb and manipulate information was unlimited, we experienced no disquiet, and we did not age--would we? For advocates of radical enhancement, or "transhumanism," answering "yes" is a no-brainer. Accordingly, they press for the development of technologies that, by manipulating genes and the brain, would create beings fundamentally superior to us. Transhumanism is far from a household term, but, whether or not they use the word publicly, its adherents are in places of power, especially in Silicon Valley. Elon Musk, the world's richest person, is devoted to boosting "cognition" and co-founded the company Neuralink toward that end.