The Human Cyborg Lobby

Transhumanism is no longer some far-off sci-fi theory. Thinkers like Ray Kurzweil, whose books I have read, have been talking about it for years. He has long promoted an idea called the singularity, where technology reaches a point of irreversible change. In that world, humans merge with machines, intelligence becomes artificial, and nothing looks the same again.

Some of that sounds fine on the surface. Longevity, computing power, medical breakthroughs. I understand the appeal. But the real problem is not the technology itself. It is the radical social transformation that comes with it. Then again, radical social change is not new. We have been talking about it since the beginning of civilization.

A recent article in The Spectator finally said the quiet part out loud (and mentioned a few key culprits). It suggested that what we are seeing in modern gender ideology may be linked to a broader transhumanist project. For many of us, this was not a surprise. It was confirmation.

I also know that a small but powerful group within the gender movement is attempting to steer society in a direction that aligns with transhumanist goals. They might not say it that way. But the political lobby is well funded and very obvious. So is the pattern. If you can convince people that the body is to be redesigned at will, you can lay the foundation for a world where nothing about the human experience is fixed.

Some people are excited about that. They see it as freedom. I see it as an anti-human 007 villain crashing into ethical boundaries, to put it lightly.

Certain tools coming out of this space will improve life. But there is a difference between healing the body and rejecting the human form altogether. There is a difference between using technology to help people and using it to erase what we are.

Everyone says power corrupts. Maybe that is completely true. For centuries, people have blamed the wealthy for controlling the world. There are entire movements and conspiracy theories built around the idea that those with money secretly pull the strings behind governments or central banks. And while that is more paranoia than truth, we should be asking a different question.

What about technological power? What happens when a handful of people are first to market with tools that can rewrite the human experience?

That is real power. And in my opinion, it means it should be dealt with politically—and fast. Just like AI. (Even though AI regulation is already taking far too long.)

Maybe this entire project of human redesign should not even be happening on Earth. Maybe it belongs on another planet. Somewhere it can be studied and contained. Because just like we try to protect forests and oceans and the atmosphere, we should also be protecting what it means to be human.

Would you genetically alter a grizzly bear so it would not kill humans? Would you modify birds so they stop defecating on cars? Should we edit their instincts so they never fly into windows? And while we do alter plants for food and medicine, no one celebrates the arrival of invasive species. As we prolong human life, do we also implant fangs with venom to defend ourselves?

Yes, every reason you give against these ideas will be met with a counter. There is always a workaround. But that is the point. Progress cannot just be about what is possible. It also has to be about what is worthwhile.

We do not need to pretend that the future of humanity depends on becoming hybrids of organic matter and semiconductors. We do not need to follow a handful of activists into a future that looks more like an experiment than a civilization.