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Sustainable Superabundance: A Universal Transhumanist Invitation (Transpolitica, Book 4) Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

David Wood (Author), David W. Wood (Narrator), Delta Wisdom (Publisher)

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Beyond the fear and chaos of contemporary life, there is good news to share.

A new era is at hand: the era of sustainable superabundance. In this era, the positive potential of humanity can develop in truly profound ways.

The key to this new era is to take wise advantage of the remarkable capabilities of 21st century science and technology: robotics, biotech, neurotech, greentech, collabtech, artificial intelligence, and much more.

These technologies can provide all of us with the means to live better than well - to be healthier and fitter than ever before; nourished emotionally and spiritually as well as physically; and living at peace with ourselves, the environment, and our neighbours both near and far.

This is not a vision of today’s society writ large - a mere abundance of today’s goods, services, activities, relationships, and rewards. It’s a vision of a superabundance, with new qualities rather than just new quantities.

This is not a vision of returning to some imagined prior historical period - to some supposed bygone golden age. It’s a vision of advancing to a new society, featuring levels of human flourishing never before possible.

This is not a vision restricted to the few - to an elite percentage of today’s humanity. It’s a universal vision, for everyone, of a wide, diverse fellowship in which all can freely participate, and in which all can enjoy unprecedented benefits.

This is not a vision of the far-off future - something relevant, perhaps, to our great-grandchildren. It’s a vision of change that could accelerate dramatically throughout the 2020s - a vision that is intensely relevant as the year 2020 comes into view.

This is not a vision of a fixed, rigid utopia. It’s a vision of the collaborative creation of a sustainable, open-ended, evolving social framework. In this new framework, every one of us will be empowered to make and follow our own choices without fear or favor.

In this vision, the sky will no longer be the limit. In this vision, the cosmos beckons, with its vast resources and endless possibilities. In this vision, our destiny lies in the ongoing exploration and development of both outer and inner space, as we keep reaching forwards together to higher levels of consciousness and to experiences with ever greater significance.

But first, we face some hard, critical choices - choices that will determine our future. If we choose poorly, technology will do much more harm than good. If we choose poorly, a bleak future awaits us - wretched environmental decline, bitter social divisions, and a rapid descent into a dismal new dark age. Instead of the flourishing of the better angels of our human nature, it will be our inner demons that technology magnifies.

This book - this Universal Transhumanist Invitation - explains the choices.

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Listening Length	7 hours and 37 minutes
Author	David Wood
Narrator	David W. Wood
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Audible.com.au Release Date	14 August 2019
Publisher	Delta Wisdom
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07W863ZB6
Best Sellers Rank	171,130 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 124 in Future Studies 183 in Philosophy Movements (Audible Books & Originals) 25,497 in Philosophy (Books)

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Cryonica

Abundance doesn't mean we'll run out

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 January 2020

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New technology will make it possible to create abundance (luxury) for all while preserving the environment and not running out of raw material. We'll have time and life extension without over population, goods without depleting mines and land, wealth without injustice and exploitation. The new technology makes magic part of reality.

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Superb

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 April 2019

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The future we should all be aware of and embrace. Logically presented, profoundly eloquent, a wonderful world that humankind could soon share.

Manuel Salvadori

Trivial

Reviewed in Italy on 8 August 2019

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Giving the CV of Dr. Wood and già writings around the web I expected a totally differenti book.
Of course, personal expectations are just a personal problem - but this books still remains trivial and shallow... No particolar data, no references, a lot of differenti subject without any insight.

It's a good book to start with transhumanism, not a manifesto at all. Imho, of course, from an appasionate reader of Wood's works.

Peter Monien

Great thought provoking book about the future of mankind and its political ambitions

Reviewed in Germany on 10 April 2019

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Finally a vision that is concrete and worthwhile to attain: ".. prioritise the reduction of prices for all goods and services that are fundamental to an agreed base level of human flourishing. The end target of this strategy is that all goods and services fundamental for human flourishing should have zero price."

Dalton Murray

joyful radical optimism

Reviewed in the United States on 20 May 2019

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David Wood’s new book is full of insight about the implications of fast-changing technology for the future of humanity. It was a real joy to read.

There is a lot of information being presented here. The author does a wonderful job of bringing it all together; I enjoy his style of writing, the pace is smooth and I'm convinced of a good and very different future, a get a sense of a radical optimism and it feels nice. I think David’s tone brings a gentle balance to the conversation with a restrained pragmatism and a sort of stoic old-school voice.

Early on David writes about top-level goals and with his ten core principles [https://hpluspedia.org/wiki/Ten_core_...] he outlines the set of values underlining a Transpolitica vision. Here then begins a bit of controversy into what exactly is the author talking about when he references the term “Superdemocracy.” Still, the book is super! informative, and it doesn't bother me at all that there are many unanswered questions.

It is important to note that this is the short version of an earlier work: Transcending Politics. In order to offer an easier read, Mr. Wood took the 423 pages (sourced using 499 references) and reworked all that into a brilliant 237-page invitation we can fit in our back pocket. This is a valuable accomplishment indeed.

Thank you, David.

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