Shaw’s Back to Methuselah is one of the most pro-transhumanist pieces of fiction I can think of. People can live much longer if they set their minds to it, and they lose interest in the repetitive behaviors that people generally think of as normal. This is presented as a good thing.
Stapledon’s Last and First Men and Last and First Men in London presents the human race’s self improvement as a good thing, but unfortunately it’s ground down by entropy.
Shaw’s Back to Methuselah is one of the most pro-transhumanist pieces of fiction I can think of. People can live much longer if they set their minds to it, and they lose interest in the repetitive behaviors that people generally think of as normal. This is presented as a good thing.
Stapledon’s Last and First Men and Last and First Men in London presents the human race’s self improvement as a good thing, but unfortunately it’s ground down by entropy.