What Is Transhumanism?

Russell Blackford is editor-in-chief of The Journal of Evolution and Technology and a Fellow of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies.
Parijata Mackey is an undergraduate at the University of Chicago, and an Intern with the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies.
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