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[[File:Transh.png]] [[Transhumanism]] <br>
[[File:Transh.png]] [[Transhumanism]] <br>
[[File:Cyberfem.png]] [[CyberFeminism]]<br>[[File:Bckchn.png]] [[Libertarian Municipalism]]<br>[[File:Existentialist_Anarchism.png]] [[Existentialist Anarchism]]<br>[[File:Post-Genderism.png]] [[Postgenderism]]<br>[[File:Cryptan.png]] [[Crypto-Anarchism]]<br>
[[File:Cyberfem.png]] [[CyberFeminism]]<br>[[File:Bckchn.png]] [[Libertarian Municipalism]]<br>[[File:Existentialist_Anarchism.png]] [[Existentialist Anarchism]]<br>[[File:Post-Genderism.png]] [[Postgenderism]]<br>[[File:Cryptan.png]] [[Crypto-Anarchism]]<br>
[[File:Anpostleft.png]] [[Post-Left Anarchism]] (some)<br>
[[File:Anpostleft.png]] [[Post-Leftism]] (some)<br>
|influenced = [[File:Synthesisanarchy.png]] [[Synthesis Anarchism]]<br>
|influenced = [[File:Synthesisanarchy.png]] [[Synthesis Anarchism]]<br>
[[File:Armstrong.png]][[Avaritionism#Steven Armstrong Thought|Steven Armstrong Thought]]
[[File:Armstrong.png]][[Avaritionism#Steven Armstrong Thought|Steven Armstrong Thought]]
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Borrowing from [[File:Cryptan.png]] [[Crypto-Anarchism|crypto-anarchism]], anarchist activist [[File:Antr.png]] William Gillis and others argue that the disruptive nature of emergent technologies are either incompatible or extremely dangerous with hierarchical structures of today, including representative or majoritarian democracy. Failure to challenge physical and social conditions together has been argued to risk [[File:Captrans.png]] [[Capitalist Transhumanism|oligarchic transhumanism]], [[File:Anprim.png]] [[Anarcho-Primitivism|primitivism]], or even [[File:VHMent.png]] [[Voluntary Human Extinction|extinction]].
Borrowing from [[File:Cryptan.png]] [[Crypto-Anarchism|crypto-anarchism]], anarchist activist [[File:Antr.png]] William Gillis and others argue that the disruptive nature of emergent technologies are either incompatible or extremely dangerous with hierarchical structures of today, including representative or majoritarian democracy. Failure to challenge physical and social conditions together has been argued to risk [[File:Captrans.png]] [[Capitalist Transhumanism|oligarchic transhumanism]], [[File:Anprim.png]] [[Anarcho-Primitivism|primitivism]], or even [[File:VHMent.png]] [[Voluntary Human Extinction|extinction]].


[[File:Antr.png]] Anarcho-Transhumanists also criticize non-anarchist forms of transhumanism such as [[File:Nattrans.png]] [[National Transhumanism]] and [[File:Libtrans.png]] [[Libertarian Transhumanism]] as incoherent and unsurvivable due to their preservation of the state. They view such instruments of power as inherently unethical and incompatible with the acceleration of social and material freedom for all individuals. [[File:Antr.png]] Anarcho-Transhumanism is [[File:Anticap.png]] anti-capitalist, arguing [[File:Cap.png]] capitalist accumulation of wealth would lead to dystopia while partnered with [[File:Transh.png]] transhumanism. [[File:Antr.png]] Anarcho-Transhumanism advocates for equal access to advanced technologies that enable morphological freedom and space travel.
[[File:Antr.png]] Anarcho-Transhumanists also criticize non-anarchist forms of transhumanism such as [[File:Nattrans.png]] [[Nazi Transhumanism]] and [[File:Libtrans.png]] [[Libertarian Transhumanism]] as incoherent and unsurvivable due to their preservation of the state. They view such instruments of power as inherently unethical and incompatible with the acceleration of social and material freedom for all individuals. [[File:Antr.png]] Anarcho-Transhumanism is [[File:Anticap.png]] anti-capitalist, arguing [[File:Cap.png]] capitalist accumulation of wealth would lead to dystopia while partnered with [[File:Transh.png]] transhumanism. [[File:Antr.png]] Anarcho-Transhumanism advocates for equal access to advanced technologies that enable morphological freedom and space travel.


Individual [[File:Antr.png]] Anarcho-Transhumanists may or may not be singularitarians, variously considering an anarchist society and hypothesized singularity events as prerequisites, mutually exclusive, or inevitable outcomes of one another.
Individual [[File:Antr.png]] Anarcho-Transhumanists may or may not be singularitarians, variously considering an anarchist society and hypothesized singularity events as prerequisites, mutually exclusive, or inevitable outcomes of one another.
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*[[File:Bckchn.png]] [[Libertarian Municipalism]] - print('Your works are an inspiration for my economics!')
*[[File:Bckchn.png]] [[Libertarian Municipalism]] - print('Your works are an inspiration for my economics!')
*[[File:Anego.png]] [[Anarcho-Egoism]] - print('Technology very much pleases my ego.')
*[[File:Anego.png]] [[Anarcho-Egoism]] - print('Technology very much pleases my ego.')
*[[File:Falgsc.png]] [[FALGSC]] - print('A goal to look forward to.')
*[[File:Falgsc.png]] [[Fully Automated Gay Space Communism]] - print('A goal to look forward to.')
*[[File:Soul.png]] [[Soulism]] - print('A ''little'' bit too far perhaps, but still, brilliant ideas. Let's ascend humanity together!')
*[[File:Soul.png]] [[Soulism]] - print('A ''little'' bit too far perhaps, but still, brilliant ideas. Let's ascend humanity together!')
*[[File:Autarch.png]] [[Autarchism]] - print('Fantastic ideas, just please stop simping for [[File:Ancapf.png]] [[Anarcho-Capitalism|AnCap]].')
*[[File:Autarch.png]] [[Autarchy]] - print('Fantastic ideas, just please stop simping for [[File:Ancapf.png]] [[Anarcho-Capitalism|AnCap]].')
*[[File:Posadist.png]] [[Posadism]] - print('Authoritarianism aside, certainly some interesting ideas. Also, we were both influenced by Russian Cosmism. ([[File:Anposf.png]] The anarchist version of him is one of my closest friends.)
*[[File:Posadist.png]] [[Posadism]] - print('Authoritarianism aside, certainly some interesting ideas. Also, we were both influenced by Russian Cosmism. ([[File:Anposf.png]] The anarchist version of him is one of my closest friends.)
*[[File:Cryptan.png]] [[Crypto-Anarchism]] - print('Lazier version of me.')
*[[File:Cryptan.png]] [[Crypto-Anarchism]] - print('Lazier version of me.')
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*[[File:Ancapf.png]] [[Anarcho-Capitalism]] - print('Capitalism is not good, but we both like cyberpunk.')
*[[File:Ancapf.png]] [[Anarcho-Capitalism]] - print('Capitalism is not good, but we both like cyberpunk.')
*[[File:Libtrans.png]] [[Libertarian Transhumanism]] - print('Same as above. Just a right-wing version of me.')
*[[File:Libtrans.png]] [[Libertarian Transhumanism]] - print('Same as above. Just a right-wing version of me.')
*[[File:Anpostleft.png]] [[Post-Left Anarchism]] - print('You also hate work, but yet Bob Black dismisses automization as just shifting the work to machines, and wants to get rid of work all together. You also have an odd history with the Primitivists and Neoluddites. But you also have some pretty based thinkers which take a lot of influence from and support my ideals which is based.)
*[[File:Anpostleft.png]] [[Post-Leftism]] - print('You also hate work, but yet Bob Black dismisses automization as just shifting the work to machines, and wants to get rid of work all together. You also have an odd history with the Primitivists and Neoluddites. But you also have some pretty based thinkers which take a lot of influence from and support my ideals which is based.)
*[[File:Annil.png]] [[Anarcho-Nihilism]] - print('Why must you dislike technology? Maybe a virtual reality personalized simulation where you can do whatever you want, including all drugs, guns <s>and femboys </s>  will make you happier?')
*[[File:Annil.png]] [[Anarcho-Nihilism]] - print('Why must you dislike technology? Maybe a virtual reality personalized simulation where you can do whatever you want, including all drugs, guns <s>and femboys </s>  will make you happier?')


=== Negative ===
=== Negative ===
*[[File:Nattrans.png]] [[National Transhumanism]] - print('Technologically related unit due to mutual support for transhumanism, ideologically unrelated unit due to support of excessive statism and mass genocide.')
*[[File:Nattrans.png]] [[Nazi Transhumanism]] - print('Technologically related unit due to mutual support for transhumanism, ideologically unrelated unit due to support of excessive statism and mass genocide.')
*[[File:Captrans.png]] [[Capitalist Transhumanism]] - print('Elon Musk is cringe.')
*[[File:Captrans.png]] [[Capitalist Transhumanism]] - print('Elon Musk is cringe.')
*[[File:Anprim.png]] [[Anarcho-Primitivism]] - print('Ideologically related due to mutual support for anarchism, technologically unrelated due to opposition to technological advancement.')
*[[File:Anprim.png]] [[Anarcho-Primitivism]] - print('Ideologically related due to mutual support for anarchism, technologically unrelated due to opposition to technological advancement.')

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The central idea to Anarcho-Transhumanism is that, rather than being just a combination of Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Anarchism and Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Transhumanism, the two are in fact intertwined and should be synchronized.

They hold the idea that progress should not be held back by "dogmatic and oppressive institutions" (i.e. Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination corporations and/or Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination governments). Rather, innovation and improvement of the human condition (via nanotechnology and cybernetics) can be brought about by emphasizing survival (in fact, abolishing death completely) and cooperation, instead of competition and conquest.

They may advocate various praxis to advance their ideals, including computer hacking, three-dimensional printing, or biohacking.

History

Origins

The fundamental historical roots of Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Anarcho-Transhumanism are deeply grounded in the Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Russian artistic avant-garde movements, which flourished in the context of the broad spectrum of Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination anarchist, Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination socialist, and Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination communist movements that immediately preceded the Russian Revolution, and very briefly followed it until the oppressive Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Stalinist dictatorship gained political control and suppressed them. This very broad radical cultural milieu saw the birth of the artistic and literary Futurism, alongside a wide range of related movements such as Rayonism, Cubo-Futurism, Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Suprematism, Orphism. The visual arts and poetry of these Russian avant-garde movements were dominated by a broad mythology of Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination technoscientific progress, a visionary modernity deeply rooted in Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination anarchist and Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination socialist philosophy. Images of trains were widespread, as symbols of a revolutionary modernity that collectively drives humanity towards the future, through a new level of connectedness that transcended state and class boundaries. Other dominant iconological themes included the human body as mechanism and the blending of body and machine (from Oskar Schlemmer's mechanical ballet figures to Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Capek's robots), the myth of electrification as modernization and as metaphor for revolutionary political power, the image of the city as dynamical hub of radical societal transformations and Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination technoscientific innovations, and the early developments of a mythology of outer space and of the connection between human progressive destiny and the exploration of the cosmos.

It is within this general cultural and political background that the philosophical movement of Cosmism (sometimes referred to as Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Biocosmism) flourished. This was the direct origin of modern Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Transhumanism, and it exhibited several of the most important themes one encounters in its contemporary forms. Like its modern transhumanist counterpart, Russian Cosmism was a very composite movement, where some representative figures stirred closer to Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination mysticism and religion, while others embraced Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination anarchist, Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination socialist, and Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination communist ideals. Cosmist thinkers advocated the radical extension of human life, the conquest of immortality through scientific means, the merging of human and machine, and the quest for space exploration and the creation of human settlements outside the Earth. The Cosmist philosophical movement in turn deeply influenced the scientists who in later decades realized the Soviet space program, starting with Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the father of Soviet Cosmonautics.

The convergence of Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Anarchism and Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Socialism with Cosmism and Futurism that took place in the years leading up to the Russian Revolution remains a profound source of inspiration for the modern movements combining Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Anarchism and Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Transhumanism.

Contemporary History, Influences and Thought

Its modern philosophy draws heavily from the Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination individualist anarchism of Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination William Godwin, Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Max Stirner and Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Voltairine de Cleyre as well as the Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination cyberfeminism presented by Donna Haraway in A Cyborg Manifesto.

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Cyberpunk and it's subsequent sub-genres have heavily influenced Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Anarcho-Transhumanism, notably Biopunk, Nanopunk and Solarpunk.

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Some aesthetics commonly associated with Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Anarcho-Transhumanism, especially among online users, are the Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Vaporwave, Outrun and Kaybug aesthetics, notable for their retro-futuristic technological influences, indicating that Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Anarcho-Transhumanism isn't just about modern technology, but also the utilization of much of the technology that previous generations associated with being "futuristic" at the time. Older tech is also often used in @H+ praxis as it is less easier to track activity than more modern devices.

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Relationship to Transhumanism

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Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Anarcho-Transhumanists also criticize non-anarchist forms of transhumanism such as Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Nazi Transhumanism and Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Libertarian Transhumanism as incoherent and unsurvivable due to their preservation of the state. They view such instruments of power as inherently unethical and incompatible with the acceleration of social and material freedom for all individuals. Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Anarcho-Transhumanism is Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination anti-capitalist, arguing Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination capitalist accumulation of wealth would lead to dystopia while partnered with Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination transhumanism. Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Anarcho-Transhumanism advocates for equal access to advanced technologies that enable morphological freedom and space travel.

Individual Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Anarcho-Transhumanists may or may not be singularitarians, variously considering an anarchist society and hypothesized singularity events as prerequisites, mutually exclusive, or inevitable outcomes of one another.

Individual rights and social values

Morphological freedom

Morphological freedom is widely supported, especially in opposition to bio-chauvinism. Adding to anarchism's objections to the coercive power structures, transhumanist anarchism argues against their influence on the availability and viability of the means of exercising autonomy over oneself.

Racism, misogyny, and transphobia are similarly rejected.

Anti-surveillance

Active opposition to surveillance and techniques such as facial recognition and biometrics are widespread.

Within an established egalitarian society, presumably capable of equiveillance, some scope of total history may be desirable to facilitate knowledge and decision-making, both individually and collectively.

Anti-Speciesism

Citing evidence of cognition in nonhuman animals, they are generally held to deserve protection from suffering. Support varies for personhood, rights, and capacity to participate in society, depending on species and sometimes degree of uplifting.

Opposition to substrate chauvinism

Anarcho-Transhumanist proponents of artificial intelligence and/or mind uploading value the continued autonomy of such conscious beings, and advocate against bio-chauvinism in anticipation of such issues.

Economics

Opposition to Absentee Ownership

Capitalism

Anarcho-Transhumanists advocate a variety of economic systems, with the common theme of rejecting systems based on absentee ownership of land and the means of production, such as Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Capitalism, Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination state socialism, and Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Authoritarian Communism. All Anarcho-Transhumanists are anti-capitalist, owing to anarchism's understanding of capitalism as a hierarchical system with capitalists and landlords as de-facto rulers.

Authoritarian Socialism/Communism

Government-mediated socialist and communist systems are similarly rejected, with the government and its agents replicating the role and issues with absentee owners.

Intellectual Property

With the rejection of proprietarianism comes the abolition of intellectual property. In addition to the problems cited by other anarchists, Anarcho-Transhumanists see numerous conflicts between intellectual property and an individual's self-determination that arise from emerging technologies. The presence of software or hardware components that are considered the intellectual property of others in a prosthetic device, in effect, means the partial ownership of one's body by another.

Proposed alternatives

Communalism and Libertarian Municipalism

Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Libertarian municipalism and communalism, especially as described in Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Murray Bookchin's Post-Scarcity Anarchism, are a common starting point for Anarcho-Transhumanist economics.

Libertarian Socialism

Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Libertarian socialism and Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination communism are commonly supported systems, possibly made more viable by a transition to post-scarcity. This transition could be facilitated by manufacturing techniques enabled by 3D Printing and nanofabrication.

Auxiliary economic systems

While futarchy as originally conceptualized is incompatible with anarchism's rejection of representative governance and elected officials, a prediction market not mediated by elected officials could be considered as a tool of informing decisions. Trust and reputation metrics based on public or personal records may also be useful, whether arranged as a market or otherwise. These systems can be cited as a supplement to a typical market or gift economy, often to bridge the gap between scarce and post-scarce demands. Spimes or blockchains may be used to track stakeholdership over goods and infrastructure.

Personality and Behaviour

AnH+ basically acts in a similar manner to Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Transhumanism, but with Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Anarchist personality traits.

How to Draw

Flag of Anarcho-Transhumanism

Anarcho-Transhumanism is represented with a flag that's blue, specifically ultramarine (drawing from the doppler effect on light, aka "blueshift", a metaphor for acceleration and progress), and black (in typical Anarchist fashion).

  1. Draw a ball,
  2. Fill the bottom-right half of the ball in black,
  3. Fill the top-left half in ultramarine blue,
  4. Add the eyes (one normal eye and one red, transhumanist eye), and you're done!
  5. (Optional) Draw a grey pipe that goes from the red eye to the back of the ball.
Color Name HEX RGB
Black #202020 32, 32, 32
Ultramarine #0000FE 0, 0, 254
Red #FF0019 255, 0, 25
Grey #8E8E8E 142, 142, 142


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