Ep 34: Meghan O'Gieblyn's Strange Journey into Transhumanism

The Christian Transhumanist Podcast

Meghan O'Gieblyn lost her faith—and found transhumanism. Then she realized that those two things weren't quite as far apart as she first believed.

Relevant links:

• N+1: Ghost in the Cloud—transhumanism's Simulation Theology
• Guardian: God in the Machine—my strange journey into transhumanism (shorter version of above)
• Megan O'Gieblyn's Hell
• Megan's website

Important thought:

• The loss of faith is a loss of narrative, of history. Transhumanism, like Christianity, is the embrace of history's dramatic significance.

Pull quote:

“But people who’ve gotten that far into the faith never totally shake it. To be a former believer is to perpetually return to the scene of the crime.” — Megan O'Gieblyn

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