How Transhumanism Went Mainstream

Posted by HAL9000 on June 22, 2009

Accelerating Future: This graph at Google Trends can help give you an idea of how mentions of transhumanism have been growing in the media and public consciousness over the last few years. Prior to 2006, it didn’t even register.

Note that most discussions of transhumanist ideas take place under different labels, like “nanotechnology”, “cyborgs”, or simply “future technology”.