Humanity+

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Humanity+ (also Humanity Plus; formerly the World Transhumanist Association) is a non-profit international educational organization that advocates the ethical use of technologies and evidence-based science to improve the human condition.

History

Humanity+, Inc. originated as an organization under the name World Transhumanist Association. In 1998, the World Transhumanist Association (WTA) was founded by Nick Bostrom and David Pearce.{{cite news |last=Sutherland |first=John |date=2006-05-09 |title=The ideas interview: Nick Bostrom |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/ideas/story/0,,1770736,00.html}} In 2002, it was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. WTA began working toward the recognition of transhumanism as a legitimate subject of scientific inquiry and public policy, and to add to the academic presence already created by Extropy Institute in the fields of computer science, AI, nanotechnology, and philosophy.

At its inception, WTA officials considered that social forces could undermine their futurist visions and needed to be addressed.{{cite book |author=Hughes, James |title=Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human of the Future |publisher=Westview Press |year=2004 |isbn=0-8133-4198-1}} A particular concern is the equal access to human enhancement technologies across classes and borders.{{cite web |last=Ford |first=Alyssa |title=Humanity: The Remix |work=Utne Magazine |date=May–June 2005 |url=http://www.twliterary.com/jhughes_utne.html |access-date=2007-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060313212747/http://www.twliterary.com/jhughes_utne.html |archive-date=13 March 2006}} In 2006, William Saletan reported a political struggle within World Transhumanist Association that erupted in 2004 largely between the libertarian right and the liberal left resulting in a centre-leftward positioning that continued to polarize politics under its former executive director James Hughes.{{cite web |last=Saletan |first=William |author-link=William Saletan |title=Among the Transhumanists |publisher=Slate.com |date=2006-06-04 |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2142987/fr/rss/ |access-date=2007-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231222833/http://www.slate.com/id/2142987/fr/rss/ |archive-date=2006-12-31 |url-status=dead }} In its mission statement as of 2025, Humanity+ rejects anthropocentrism.{{Cite web |title=Mission |url=https://www.humanityplus.org/about |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=Humanity+ |language=en-US}}

Advisors and members

References

External links

{{Official website|https://www.humanityplus.org/}}

Category:501(c)(3) organizations

Category:Non-profit organizations based in California

Category:Transhumanist organizations