![]() ![]() Beyond Transhumanism: The Dangers of Transhumanist Philosophies on Human and Nonhuman Beings (Master of Arts thesis). Transhumanism - Engineering the Human Condition: History, Philosophy and Current Status. "Introduction: Gilgamesh Versus the Dragon-Tyrant". ![]() The YouTuber CGP Grey produced an animated adaptation in 2018 it was highly praised by the Life Extension Advocacy Foundation. It has been translated into multiple languages, including Chinese, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian and Spanish. The story has been published in Philosophy Now, and the Journal of Medical Ethics. The fable thus addresses the themes of death acceptance and resignation to fate in the face of ageing and critiques the pro-aging trance. ![]() The story argues that humans for most of history have lacked the tools to fight the monster of death, but now the capacity to fight it may exist. It relates the misery inflicted by a dragon-tyrant (a personification of the ageing process and death), who demands a tribute of thousands of people's lives per day and the actions of the people, including the king, who come together to fight back, eventually killing the dragon-tyrant. " The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant" is a 2005 short story about ageing and death by the Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom. The New Yorker (owned by Cond Nast, which also owns Wired) called. 2005 short story by Nick Bostrom The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant Most people ascribe it to Nick Bostrom, a philosopher at Oxford University and the author of the book Superintelligence. ![]()
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