Nietzsche always struck me as non-transhumanist. Quick google tells me Bostrom agrees with me about this and people seem capable of making long arguments for and against.
Nietzsche is a prime example of a philosopher that pretty much everything I've understood him saying, I've disagreed with. But he is quite badass.
The source is Bostrom's 2004 paper A history of transhumanist thought, page 4. I'll paraphrase the difference he lists:
Transhumanism uses tech to change bodies and minds, Nietzsche uses old pathways.
Yeah, that's his mistake. He points at the right goal, but can't say how to get there. As I said, no real work.
Transhumanism wants to boost everyone, Nietzsche only a select few.
I think that's unfair to Freddy. His Zarathustra puppet goes around telling everyone to do it, but they aren't interested. Obviously he was envisioning individual progress as op...
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