# HG changeset patch # User Henry Thompson # Date 1781631809 -3600 # Node ID 3592072a987e50c216e28de39056e3d8e25dc02c # Parent 6299f119fff473d12ffcbc6f84087a69971f9fee 1st talk by Patrick in progress diff -r 6299f119fff4 -r 3592072a987e in_re_Magnifica_Humanitas.txt --- a/in_re_Magnifica_Humanitas.txt Tue Jun 16 15:25:02 2026 +0100 +++ b/in_re_Magnifica_Humanitas.txt Tue Jun 16 18:43:29 2026 +0100 @@ -18,3 +18,26 @@ But one thing hasn't changed: it's all about the _form_ of the data, not the substance (BCS). +--------- +Dignity by right of being created and loved by God. No act is needed +to have it, to deserve it. + +Social, Moral, Existential Dignity + +Techno-anthropology, that is, the kind of anthropology which is +implicit in the technology, of AI in particular. + +[Taiwan example] + +Trans- and post- humanism -- AI can help us transcend the +constraints/limitations we currently experience. + +"we need to redefine what it means to be human" [whom?] + +Things that this opens up: + 1) What it means to be human is open for revision + 2) Materiality is all + 3) Human limitations are _problems_ that can be transcended + + +