Rogue Talks: Designer Humans
Dr Alexander Thomas, Senior Lecturer in Film and Media, University of East London
The pursuit of human enhancement prioritizes future utility over immediate biological health.
While the rhetoric of design often centers on the baby, the underlying objective is the cultivation of a specific type of adult. We are less concerned with the infant's immediate state than with engineering future capabilities and intelligence.
Commercial imperatives, rather than self-determined values, drive the trajectory of human enhancement.
Optimization is not a pursuit of the good life but a response to systemic constraints and the market's demand for quantifiable success. This creates a feedback loop where commercial logic acts as the primary architect of human uplift.
“Ourvaluesarenotfreelychosen”
Transhumanism relies on a contradictory view of human autonomy.
The movement champions individual agency in enhancement decisions while simultaneously advocating for technologies that render the concept of a self-contained, independent biological organism obsolete.
“Humanstorytellinggotitexactlyinthereverse:wearethecreatorsofGod,andwewillcreateGodinourownimage.”