Max More (born Max T. O'Connor, January 1964) is a philosopher and futurist who writes, speaks, and consults on advanced decision-making about emerging technologies.
To say that humans are composed of machines is not to say that we are merely machines. Humans are dignified machines. We are (so far) the most extropic, most complex product of billions of years of evolution.
No more gods, no more faith, no more timid holding back. Let us blast out of our old forms, our ignorance, our weakness, and our mortality. The future belongs to posthumanity.
Religion is (a) a pre-scientific system of explanation and technology; (b) a source of meaning, direction and emotional expression in life; (c) a means of social control; (d) a means of coping with uncertainty and death.
We have achieved two of the three alchemists' dreams: We have transmuted the elements and learned to fly. Immortality is next.
Colman McCarthy
Steve Jobs
Lloyd D. Newell
Peter Mandelson
Ian McDiarmid
Jack Kornfield
Jan Chozen Bays
Charles Bolden
Nathalia Crane
John Crowley
Anna Halprin
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