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Team Human

Douglas Rushkoff

Jul 23, 2020

4 min read

We’re Treating Self-Improvement Like a Software Upgrade

Your value is not about utility

Photo: Artur Debat/Getty Images

Self-improvement of the transhumanist sort requires that we adopt an entirely functional understanding of who and what we are: All of our abilities can be improved upon and all of our parts are replaceable. Upgradable.

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Douglas Rushkoff

Douglas Rushkoff

Author of Team Human, Present Shock, Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus, Program or Be Programmed, and host of the Team Human podcast http://teamhuman.fm

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