“Is Transhumanism the New Eugenics? The War on Human Equality" with Wesley J. Smith | Ep. 21
Bioethics Babe by Arina Grossu Agnew
Episode notes
Is transhumanism the next frontier of progress or a revival of eugenics in a biotech age?
In this episode of Bioethics Babe, I sit down with attorney, award-winning author, and Humanize podcast host Wesley J. Smith to unpack the growing transhumanist movement, the push to engineer a “post-human” future through AI, gene editing, cognitive enhancement, designer babies, and radical life extension.
From CRISPR gene editing and Neuralink to the “Singularity” and digital immortality, transhumanism promises to eliminate suffering, enhance intelligence, and even defeat death itself. But at what cost?
We explore:
- Does transhumanism undermine human equality?
- Are we dividing society into the “enhanced” and the “natural”?
- Is the pursuit of immortality driven by fear of death?
- When does enhancement ...
Keywords
Bioethics PodcastArina Grossu AgnewtranshumanismAI ethicsNeuralinkRay KurzweilElon Musksingularityhuman enhancementWesley J Smith