Humanity, Posthumanity, Transhumanity Finished

Instead of translating directly from Bostrom's FAQ, I decided to adapt his text, make it more concise, and add different materials. It is therefore a *loose* adaptation of his text.

I've added a section on the ambiguity of "trans" in transhumanism--I always that "trans" referred to the prefix meaning "to go beyond," which is what the Chinese and Japanese Transhumanists use, but Bostrom introduces FM-2030's term "transitional human" between humanity and posthumanity. However, in Korean, these concepts are phonologically and etymologically (when looking at Hanja) distant from each other, so I was at a loss.

I decided in the end that the "trans" in transhumanism is better served by referring to "transcendence," because of two reasons. On a practical level, we can't really say what is between human and "posthuman," especially since the term "posthuman" is ill-defined and extremely ambiguous. On a deeper level, I believe that transhumanism holds its strength in emphasizing the continuing change of the human situation. To claim that we are in a transitional state implies that there is an end that we are headed for (i.e. posthumanity) and therefore we have a final destination in mind. However, I believe that even if we've reached such a posthuman state where even fuzzy definitions will allow us to say we're definitely at a state of posthumanity that is qualitatively different from the current standards of human, we will still seek change and continue to better ourselves. Like a flowing river, our boundaries always change and we have the ability to constantly challenge and overcome these boundaries. Even if we're posthuman, we will still wish to transcend from any point of our (hopefully) never-ending development, so therefore I have chosen transhuman to mean "beyond human (limits)" as Kurzweil emphasized in his talk during TransVision 2007. Transhuman. 초인간(超人間). I hope this will be a reminder to ourselves in the future to never stop reaching beyond the limits of humanity and posthumanity.