{"id":3574,"date":"2022-05-21T09:36:57","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T08:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biohackbase.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/21\/tim-urban-i-dont-want-to-die-i-want-to-be-a-cyborg-heretics-by-freethink\/"},"modified":"2022-05-21T09:36:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T08:36:57","slug":"tim-urban-i-dont-want-to-die-i-want-to-be-a-cyborg-heretics-by-freethink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biohackbase.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/21\/tim-urban-i-dont-want-to-die-i-want-to-be-a-cyborg-heretics-by-freethink\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Urban: I don\u2019t want to die. I want to be a cyborg. | Heretics by Freethink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qssbbzS3lbM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>We interviewed Tim Urban at Hereticon. Here\u2019s what he had to say about transhumanism.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to Freethink on YouTube \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/freeth.ink\/youtube-subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/freeth.ink\/youtube-subscribe<\/a><br \/>\nUp Next \u25ba DIY biohacking: do(n\u2019t) try this at home <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fV-Edkh1iqE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/fV-Edkh1iqE<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t sound that great being a dying mammal to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s Tim Urban, founder of the popular blog Wait But Why, making his pitch for the development of robotic and technical enhancements to the human body \u2014 a school of thought known as transhumanism. <\/p>\n<p>For Urban, the assumption that \u201cnatural\u201d is inherently good is one that needs reconsidering. And while the ideas of transhumanism may sound like science fiction, some of them are much closer to reality than you might think \u2014 with cyborgs already walking among us.<\/p>\n<p>Watch on Freethink.com \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/series\/heretics\/transhumanism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/series\/heretics\/transhumanism<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0<br \/>\nEnjoy more of our stories on transhumanism:<br \/>\nI got a chip implanted in a biohacking garage<br \/>\n \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/series\/biohackers?media_id=DBtoFRpJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/series\/biohackers?media_id=DBtoFRpJ<\/a><br \/>\nHow to radically biohack your mind<br \/>\n \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/technology\/biohack-your-mind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/technology\/biohack-your-mind<\/a><br \/>\nThe cyborg artist who hears color<br \/>\n \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/series\/biohackers?media_id=W8j59yNQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/series\/biohackers?media_id=W8j59yNQ<\/a><br \/>\n\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1<\/p>\n<p>Watch our original series:<br \/>\n\u25ba Hard Reset: <a href=\"https:\/\/freeth.ink\/youtube-hard-reset\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/freeth.ink\/youtube-hard-reset<\/a><br \/>\n\u25ba Just Might Work: <a href=\"https:\/\/freeth.ink\/youtube-just-might-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/freeth.ink\/youtube-just-might-work<\/a><br \/>\n\u25ba Challengers: <a href=\"https:\/\/freeth.ink\/youtube-challengers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/freeth.ink\/youtube-challengers<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0<br \/>\nAbout Freethink<br \/>\nNo politics, no gossip, no cynics. 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