What is Transhumanism?
Embraces technology to overcome human limits — ageing, disease, intelligence — and wants it widely available.
On our 12-axis map it is defined by acceleration technology (100%), secular faith (86%), progressive tradition (82%) and freedom liberty (76%), and stays fairly neutral on power, force and ownership. On the two-axis compass it falls in the Libertarian Right area.
What Transhumanism stands for
Push science and technology forward fast; the upside outweighs the risk.
Religion is a private matter and should stay out of law and government.
Customs should keep evolving toward more equality and personal freedom.
Privacy, free speech and personal choice come first, even when they carry risks.
Libertarian Right
Economic +1.9 · Social -4.8 (−10 to +10).
Biggest difference: markets — Transhumanism is more planned (36% vs 15%).
Biggest difference: technology — Transhumanism is more acceleration (100% vs 66%).
Biggest difference: technology — Transhumanism is more acceleration (100% vs 62%).
Nearest historical thinkers: John Stuart Mill (88%), John Maynard Keynes (87%) and Thomas Paine (87%).
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FAQ
Is Transhumanism left or right?
On the classic political compass Transhumanism sits at economic +1.9 and social -4.8 (−10 to +10), which places it in the Libertarian Right area. Economically it leans toward markets and private ownership.
What does Transhumanism believe?
Embraces technology to overcome human limits — ageing, disease, intelligence — and wants it widely available. Its most defining positions are acceleration on technology, secular on faith, progressive on tradition and freedom on liberty.
What ideologies are similar to Transhumanism?
The closest profiles on our 12 axes are Techno-Optimism (89% similar), Social Liberalism (88% similar) and Progressivism (83% similar).
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