If you see a cyborg in the road, kill the Buddha: Against transcendental transhumanism

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dc.contributor.authorEvans, Woody
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-07T19:42:56Z
dc.date.available2019-08-07T19:42:56Z
dc.date.issued2014-09
dc.description.abstractA stream in transhumanism argues that the aims of Buddhism and transhumanists are akin. It is the case that transhumanism contains religious tropes, and its parallels to Christianity are readily apparent. It does not share much, however, with Buddhism’s Zen tradition. Zen tends to focus its practitioners on becoming fully present and human, not on becoming transcendent, super-powered, or posthuman. This paper explores some of the tensions between transhumanism and Buddhism through the lens of Zen, and suggests that transhumanist Buddhists should be careful not to conflate moments of spiritual enlightenment with permanent techno-social transcendence.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11274/11691
dc.identifier.urihttps://jetpress.org/v24/evans.htm
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Evolution & Technologyen_US
dc.subjectTranshumanism
dc.subjectReligion
dc.subjectBuddhism
dc.subjectChristianity
dc.subjectZen
dc.subjectPosthuman
dc.subjectTechnology
dc.subjectMeditation
dc.subjectEschatology
dc.titleIf you see a cyborg in the road, kill the Buddha: Against transcendental transhumanismen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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