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==Stance== | ==Stance== | ||
Techno-progressivism maintains that accounts of [[Progress (history)|progress]] should focus on [[Scientific consensus|scientific]] and [[Technological change|technical]] dimensions, as well as [[ethics of technology|ethical]] and [[technology and society|social]] ones. For most techno-progressive perspectives, then, the growth of scientific knowledge or the accumulation of technological powers will not represent the achievement of proper progress unless and until it is accompanied by a [[distributive justice|just distribution]] of the [[externality|costs, risks, and benefits]] of these new knowledges and capacities. | Techno-progressivism maintains that accounts of [[Progress (history)|progress]] should focus on [[Scientific consensus|scientific]] and [[Technological change|technical]] dimensions, as well as [[ethics of technology|ethical]] and [[technology and society|social]] ones. For most techno-progressive perspectives, then, the growth of scientific knowledge or the accumulation of technological powers will not represent the achievement of proper progress unless and until it is accompanied by a [[distributive justice|just distribution]] of the [[externality|costs, risks, and benefits]] of these new knowledges and capacities. At the same time, for most techno-progressive [[social criticism|critic]]s and [[advocacy|advocates]], the achievement of [[participatory democracy|better democracy]], greater [[social justice|fairness]], less violence, and a wider [[civil libertarianism|rights culture]] are all desirable, but inadequate in themselves to confront the quandaries of contemporary technological societies unless and until they are accompanied by [[scientific progress|progress in science]] and technology to support and implement these values.<ref name="Carrico 2005"/>{{SPS|date=September 2022}} | ||
Strong techno-progressive positions include support for the [[civil right]] of a [[person]] to either maintain or [[body modification|modify]] | Strong techno-progressive positions include support for the [[civil right]] of a [[person]] to either maintain or [[body modification|modify]] their own [[cognitive liberty|mind]] and [[morphological freedom|body]], on their own terms, through [[informed consent|informed, consensual]] recourse to, or refusal of, available therapeutic or enabling [[biomedical technology]].<ref name="Carrico 2006">{{cite web |last=Carrico |first=Dale |authorlink=Dale Carrico |title=The Politics of Morphological Freedom |date=2006 |url=https://amormundi.blogspot.com/2006/08/politics-of-morphological-freedom.html |access-date=2007-01-28}}</ref>{{better source|date=February 2016}} | ||
During the November 2014 [[Humanity+|Transvision Conference]], many of the leading [[transhumanist]] organizations signed the Technoprogressive Declaration. The Declaration stated the values of technoprogressivism.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/tpdec2014 |title=Technoprogressive Declaration - Transvision 2014, Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies |access-date=2014-12-19 |archive-date=2017-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203004407/http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/tpdec2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | During the November 2014 [[Humanity+|Transvision Conference]], many of the leading [[transhumanist]] organizations signed the Technoprogressive Declaration. The Declaration stated the values of technoprogressivism.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/tpdec2014 |title=Technoprogressive Declaration - Transvision 2014, Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies |access-date=2014-12-19 |archive-date=2017-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203004407/http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/tpdec2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
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*Cultural critic [[Mark Dery]] and his accounts of [[cyberculture]].<ref name="Dery 1994">{{cite book| author = Dery, Mark| title = Flame Wars: The Discourse of Cyberculture| url = https://archive.org/details/flamewarsdiscour00dery| url-access = registration| year = 1994 | publisher = Duke University Press| isbn = 0-8223-1540-8| authorlink = Mark Dery}}</ref> | *Cultural critic [[Mark Dery]] and his accounts of [[cyberculture]].<ref name="Dery 1994">{{cite book| author = Dery, Mark| title = Flame Wars: The Discourse of Cyberculture| url = https://archive.org/details/flamewarsdiscour00dery| url-access = registration| year = 1994 | publisher = Duke University Press| isbn = 0-8223-1540-8| authorlink = Mark Dery}}</ref> | ||
*Science journalist [[Chris Mooney (journalist)|Chris Mooney]] with his account of the [[The Republican War on Science|U.S. Republican Party's "war on science"]].<ref name="Mooney 2005">{{cite book| author = Mooney, Chris| title = [[The Republican War on Science]]| publisher = Basic Books| year = 2005| isbn = 0-465-04676-2| authorlink = Chris Mooney (journalist)}}</ref> | *Science journalist [[Chris Mooney (journalist)|Chris Mooney]] with his account of the [[The Republican War on Science|U.S. Republican Party's "war on science"]].<ref name="Mooney 2005">{{cite book| author = Mooney, Chris| title = [[The Republican War on Science]]| publisher = Basic Books| year = 2005| isbn = 0-465-04676-2| authorlink = Chris Mooney (journalist)}}</ref> | ||
*Futurist [[Bruce Sterling]] with his [[Viridian design movement]].<ref name="Sterling 2000">{{cite | *Futurist [[Bruce Sterling]] with his [[Viridian design movement]].<ref name="Sterling 2000">{{cite web| author = Sterling, Bruce| title = Viridian: The Manifesto of January 3, 2000| date = 2001| url = http://www.viridiandesign.org/manifesto.html| access-date = 2007-01-28| authorlink = Bruce Sterling| archive-date = January 8, 2007| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070108042056/http://www.viridiandesign.org/manifesto.html| url-status = dead}}</ref> | ||
*Futurist [[Alex Steffen]] and his accounts of [[bright green environmentalism]] through the [[Worldchanging]] blog.<ref name="Steffen 2006">{{cite book| author = Steffen, Alex| title = Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century| publisher = Harry N. Abrams, Inc.| year = 2006| isbn = 0-8109-3095-1| authorlink = Alex Steffen| url-access = registration| url = https://archive.org/details/worldchanginguse00stef}}</ref> | *Futurist [[Alex Steffen]] and his accounts of [[bright green environmentalism]] through the [[Worldchanging]] blog.<ref name="Steffen 2006">{{cite book| author = Steffen, Alex| title = Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century| publisher = Harry N. Abrams, Inc.| year = 2006| isbn = 0-8109-3095-1| authorlink = Alex Steffen| url-access = registration| url = https://archive.org/details/worldchanginguse00stef}}</ref> | ||
*Science journalist [[Annalee Newitz]] with her accounts of the [[Biopunk|Bio]][[Do-it-yourself biology#Biopunk art|punk]].<ref name="Newitz 2001">{{cite | *Science journalist [[Annalee Newitz]] with her accounts of the [[Biopunk|Bio]] [[Do-it-yourself biology#Biopunk art|punk]].<ref name="Newitz 2001">{{cite web| author = Newitz, Annalee| title = Biopunk| date = 2001 | url = http://www.sfbg.com/SFLife/tech/71.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20021220190353/http://www.sfbg.com/SFLife/tech/71.html| archive-date = 2002-12-20| access-date=2007-01-26| authorlink = Annalee Newitz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Newitz |first=Annalee |date=2002-02-27 |title=Genome liberation |url=https://www.salon.com/2002/02/26/biopunk/ |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=Salon |language=en}}</ref> | ||
*Bioethicist [[James Hughes (sociologist)|James Hughes]] of the [[Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies]] with his accounts of [[democratic transhumanism]].<ref name="Hughes 2004">{{cite book| author = Hughes, James| title = Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human of the Future| publisher = Westview Press| year = 2004| isbn = 0-8133-4198-1| authorlink = James Hughes (sociologist)}}</ref> | *Bioethicist [[James Hughes (sociologist)|James Hughes]] of the [[Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies]] with his accounts of [[democratic transhumanism]].<ref name="Hughes 2004">{{cite book| author = Hughes, James| title = Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human of the Future| publisher = Westview Press| year = 2004| isbn = 0-8133-4198-1| authorlink = James Hughes (sociologist)}}</ref> | ||
==Controversy== | ==Controversy== | ||
[[Technocritic]] Dale Carrico, who has used "techno-progressive" as a shorthand to describe [[progressivism|progressive politics]] that emphasize [[technoscientific]] issues,<ref name="Meme Therapy 2006">{{cite web | author = Jose | title = Dale Carrico on Technoprogressive Politics | date = 2006 | url = http://memetherapy.net/03/dale-carrico-on-technoprogressive-politics/ | access-date = 2008-04-19 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071225214908/http://memetherapy.net/03/dale-carrico-on-technoprogressive-politics/ | archive-date = 2007-12-25 }}</ref> has expressed concern that some "[[transhumanist]]s" are using the term to describe themselves, with the consequence of possibly misleading the public regarding their actual cultural, social and political views, which may or may not be compatible with [[critical theory|critical]] techno-progressivism.<ref name="Carrico 2008">{{cite web |last=Carrico |first=Dale |authorlink=Dale Carrico |title="Technoprogressive": What's In A Name? |date=2008 |url= | [[Technocritic]] Dale Carrico, who has used "techno-progressive" as a shorthand to describe [[progressivism|progressive politics]] that emphasize [[technoscientific]] issues,<ref name="Meme Therapy 2006">{{cite web | author = Jose | title = Dale Carrico on Technoprogressive Politics | date = 2006 | url = http://memetherapy.net/03/dale-carrico-on-technoprogressive-politics/ | access-date = 2008-04-19 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071225214908/http://memetherapy.net/03/dale-carrico-on-technoprogressive-politics/ | archive-date = 2007-12-25 }}</ref> has expressed concern that some "[[transhumanist]]s" are using the term to describe themselves, with the consequence of possibly misleading the public regarding their actual cultural, social and political views, which may or may not be compatible with [[critical theory|critical]] techno-progressivism.<ref name="Carrico 2008">{{cite web |last=Carrico |first=Dale |authorlink=Dale Carrico |title="Technoprogressive": What's In A Name? |date=2008 |url=https://amormundi.blogspot.com/2008/01/technoprogressive-whats-in-name.html |access-date=2008-04-16}}</ref>{{SPS|date=September 2022}} | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Latest revision as of 14:00, 8 December 2025
Template:Short description Template:Progressivism Template:Transhumanism Script error: No such module "Distinguish". Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Use mdy dates Techno-progressivism, or tech-progressivism,[1] is a stance of active support for the convergence of technological change and social change. Techno-progressives argue that technological developments can be profoundly empowering and emancipatory when they are regulated by legitimate democratic and accountable authorities to ensure that their costs, risks and benefits are all fairly shared by the actual stakeholders to those developments.[2][3]Template:SPS One of the first mentions of techno-progressivism appeared within extropian jargon in 1999 as the removal of "all political, cultural, biological, and psychological limits to self-actualization and self-realization".[4]
Stance
Techno-progressivism maintains that accounts of progress should focus on scientific and technical dimensions, as well as ethical and social ones. For most techno-progressive perspectives, then, the growth of scientific knowledge or the accumulation of technological powers will not represent the achievement of proper progress unless and until it is accompanied by a just distribution of the costs, risks, and benefits of these new knowledges and capacities. At the same time, for most techno-progressive critics and advocates, the achievement of better democracy, greater fairness, less violence, and a wider rights culture are all desirable, but inadequate in themselves to confront the quandaries of contemporary technological societies unless and until they are accompanied by progress in science and technology to support and implement these values.[3]Template:SPS
Strong techno-progressive positions include support for the civil right of a person to either maintain or modify their own mind and body, on their own terms, through informed, consensual recourse to, or refusal of, available therapeutic or enabling biomedical technology.[5]Template:Better source
During the November 2014 Transvision Conference, many of the leading transhumanist organizations signed the Technoprogressive Declaration. The Declaration stated the values of technoprogressivism.[6]
List of notable techno-progressive social critics
- Technocritic Dale Carrico with his accounts of techno-progressivism[3]
- Philosopher Donna Haraway with her accounts of cyborg theory.[7]
- Media theorist Douglas Rushkoff with his accounts of open source.[8]
- Cultural critic Mark Dery and his accounts of cyberculture.[9]
- Science journalist Chris Mooney with his account of the U.S. Republican Party's "war on science".[10]
- Futurist Bruce Sterling with his Viridian design movement.[11]
- Futurist Alex Steffen and his accounts of bright green environmentalism through the Worldchanging blog.[12]
- Science journalist Annalee Newitz with her accounts of the Bio punk.[13][14]
- Bioethicist James Hughes of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies with his accounts of democratic transhumanism.[15]
Controversy
Technocritic Dale Carrico, who has used "techno-progressive" as a shorthand to describe progressive politics that emphasize technoscientific issues,[16] has expressed concern that some "transhumanists" are using the term to describe themselves, with the consequence of possibly misleading the public regarding their actual cultural, social and political views, which may or may not be compatible with critical techno-progressivism.[17]Template:SPS
See also
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